Idiomatic expression: Involuntary
Explanation: Not being able to help yourself, not being able to control yourself.
Usage: ? Partitive tense; as predicate, dative; used in person neuter.
Origin
A Dream of Red Mansions (红楼梦), Chapter 81: I don't remember very much, but I feel that I can't help myself, but it's like there's someone, pulling and tugging on my body, who wants me to kill people.
Sentences
1. I have no power at all, and I can't help myself with anything.
2. The acting prosecutor asked, involuntarily wincing.
3. I stood up, unsteady on my heels, only to feel the sky spinning, my body involuntarily spinning, as if I had stepped on a gyroscope under my feet.
4. Upon seeing her long-lost husband, she involuntarily greeted him.
5. In my heart, I wanted to live like a bird, sweat involuntarily flowed down.
6. He didn't listen to the doctor and overdosed on his medication, only to feel his head was heavy and his body involuntarily collapsed.
7. He wanted to leave, but instead of leaving, he involuntarily stayed.
8. Hearing voices coming from the cave, he involuntarily slowed down.
9. On the bus, a gray-haired grandmother came up, and everyone couldn't help giving her a seat.
10. The marriage of a young lady in a feudal official family is involuntary, thus leaving many regrets.
11. She was so aggrieved that her tears involuntarily flowed.
12. The voice was pregnant with a vibrant certainty that made one uncontrollably believe her.
13. When a ship loses its rudder, it involuntarily drifts with the waves.
14. A man dies only once in his life, hastily, more involuntarily than when he comes into this world.
15. He looked at his white, long fingers and involuntarily winced slightly.
16. The car lurched so much that the passengers involuntarily shook themselves.
17. Listening to the comedy, we involuntarily laughed.
18. Nowadays, when watching newsreels, I will often uncontrollably think of that day.
19. My head and upper body involuntarily straightened out at the thought that I was being pulled upwards by thin wires.
20. She held out a plastic shopping basket used in the local supermarket and he involuntarily took it.
21. Mrs. Vance knowingly avoided talking about Heswall, although she couldn't help thinking about him.
NearReference Words
Can't help it [ qíng bù zì jīn ]
Banned: inhibited. The emotion is so excited that it cannot be controlled. Emphasize being completely dominated by certain feelings.
Body not in control [ shēn bù yóu jǐ ]
By: To obey. The body is not at one's own disposal.
鬼使神差 [ guǐ shǐ shén chāi ]
Make, send: to make. As if there were ghosts and gods at their beck and call, they unconsciously did what they did not expect to do.
Antonym
Heart willing [ xīn gān qíng yuàn ]
Heart completely willing, without any reluctance. It refers to making some kind of sacrifice voluntarily.
Independence [ dú lì zì zhǔ ]
More often than not, it refers to a country or a political party upholding its sovereignty and not being subject to the control or domination of others.
Self-reliance [ zì lì gēng shēng ]
Renewal: to gain life again, a metaphor for revitalization. It refers to not relying on external forces, but revitalizing oneself by one's own strength to get things done.