无奈 wúnài A. verb have no alternative ▸ 无奈只得去做不想做的工作 have no alternative but to do the work one doesn’t want to do ▸ 他出于无奈，只得让步。 He had no choice but to give in. B. conjunction but ▸ 我本应帮你，无奈当时手头很紧。 I would have helped you, but I was short of money at the time. |