欲罷不能 欲罢不能
[yù bà bù néng]
want to stop but can't (idiom)
to be unable to stop oneself
to feel an urge to continue
欲罢不能
来自翻译宝典
简体中文>英语, CC-CEDICT
欲罢不能
yùbà-bùnéng
〈成〉 be unable to stop even though one wants to; try to stop but cannot; cannot refrain from going on:
- 敌人陷入了欲罢不能，而又不能不罢手的被动境地。 The enemy were reduced to a passive position in which they found it hard to give up the battle and yet had to give it up.
yùbà-bùnéng
〈成〉 be unable to stop even though one wants to; try to stop but cannot; cannot refrain from going on:
- 敌人陷入了欲罢不能，而又不能不罢手的被动境地。 The enemy were reduced to a passive position in which they found it hard to give up the battle and yet had to give it up.
- 简体中文>英语, 汉英词典
欲罢不能
yù bà bù néng
想停止也不能停止。 {unable to stop doing sth. even though one wants to; try to stop but cannot; cannot help going on and on}
yù bà bù néng
想停止也不能停止。 {unable to stop doing sth. even though one wants to; try to stop but cannot; cannot help going on and on}
简体中文>英语, 现代汉语词典
欲罢不能
yùbà-bùnéng
<熟> be unable to stop even though one wants to; continue perforce; cannot refrain from going on
- 我们现在已经欲罢不能，只有继续干到底了。 We have passed the point of no-return.
- 她一开口，便滔滔不绝，似乎欲罢不能了。 Once she begins to talk she keeps up a constant flow of words as if she cannot help going on and on.
- 这本书读起来令人欲罢不能。 The book is compulsive and you can't help going on reading.
yùbà-bùnéng
<熟> be unable to stop even though one wants to; continue perforce; cannot refrain from going on
- 我们现在已经欲罢不能，只有继续干到底了。 We have passed the point of no-return.
- 她一开口，便滔滔不绝，似乎欲罢不能了。 Once she begins to talk she keeps up a constant flow of words as if she cannot help going on and on.
- 这本书读起来令人欲罢不能。 The book is compulsive and you can't help going on reading.
- 简体中文>英语, 汉英大词典
