汉英词典
MEANING OF 回天乏术
回天乏术
(回天乏術)
unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom) / to fail to save the situation
回天 The metaphor is powerful, able to shift the situation that is extremely difficult to restore / 乏术 Lack of method / It is a metaphor that the situation or illness is serious and cannot be saved
回天比喻力量大，能移转极难挽回的时势；乏术缺少方法。比喻局势或病情严重，已无法挽救。
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要挽救中国的白暨豚，已是回天乏术了。 By most reckonings, China's baiji has been pushed too far. | ||
阿波罗想尽各种办法要救他的挚友，但已回天乏术！ Apollo tried every possible way to save his faithful friend, but to no avail! | ||
医生告诉我女婴会活下来，但是那个男婴由于是在路边分娩的，已经回天乏术。 The doctor told me the baby girl would live, but the baby boy had been born on the side of the road, and he was dying. | ||
赤飞见师弟回天乏术，便指点三人前去造访师父，师父是一名返老还童，法力无边的老顽童。 Red fly see teacher younger brother impotent, and advice to visit three master, master is a rejuvenation, power is endless old holy terror. | ||
