力不从心 meaning in Chinese
one's strength does not match one's ambitions.; ability falling short of one's wishes; ability not equal to one's ambition; be unable to do as well as one would wish; bite off more than one can chew; far exceed one's power; strength not equal to the will; lacking the ability to do what one would like to do; more than willing but lack the power to ...; one's strength falls short of one's desire [will; wishes].; the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.; with no physical strength 短语和例子
Examples
- I feel keenly that my ability falls short of my wishes .
我深感力不从心。 - The competitors were prostrated by the heat .
竞赛者们由于天气炎热而力不从心。 - I feel pretty helpless sometimes .
我常常感到力不从心。 - When joe wished to get up he found he could not .
乔想爬起来，可是就不成，他已经力不从心了。 - The weaker ones were beginning to have the sour flat taste of fatigue .
体力差些的已经渐渐尝到力不从心的苦楚了。