1. Is man what he seems to the astronomer, a tiny lump of impure carbon and water impotently crawling on a small and unimportant planet? 在天文学家眼里，人类是一小块并不纯洁的碳水化合物，无能为力地爬行在不仅小而且并不重要的行星上面？
adv
1. in a helpless manner
e.g. the crowd watched him helplessly
Synonym: helplessly unable to help