习得性无助感

(psychology) learned helplessness

surname Xi

(bound form) to practice / to study / habit / custom

to learn / to acquire (some skill through practice) / acquisition

to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

to have to / must / ought to / to need to

acquired / learned

nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL:個|个[ge4]

not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less

helpless / helplessness / feeling useless / no help

to help / to assist

to feel helpless / feeling useless

to feel / to move / to touch / to affect / feeling / emotion / (suffix) sense of ~