干瞪眼 meaning in English

[口语] stand by anxiously; unable to help; look on in despair

I ` m lying here dying , mom , and all he does is stare …
我躺在这里奄奄一息，妈妈，他只是干瞪眼而已… …
Most of the time , it is just helpless
否则,就只能干瞪眼。
Bad moons often engage in highly secret deals with alien races to gain access to technology and wargear unavailable to other orks
恶月氏族经常与其他异族进行十分机密的贸易，以搞到些别的绿皮们只能干瞪眼的技术和装备。
" house to rob , you mean , " says i to myself ; " and when you get through robbing it you ll come back here and wonder what has become of me and jim and the raft - and you ll have to take it out in wondering .
还招呼我们在他走后躲起来，我这时对自个儿说， “你是说，去看有哪家人家好下手去抢吧。等到一抢完，你们转回来的那个时刻，可就不知道我和杰姆还有那木筏子哪里去啦到那时候，你就只好干瞪眼，无计可施啦。 ”