势孤力薄（shì gū lì báo），指势力孤单，力量薄弱。指人少马微，不足以抗拒困境。
1.The quality in New York that insulates its inhabitants from life may simply weaken them as individuals.
纽约把居民同城市生活分隔开的特质，可能直接会使他们作为单个之人变得势孤力薄。
2.That time, the face of aggressive imperialist powers big export of capital, dumping of goods, business people are increasingly frail Li Bo, hoping to break barriers to help-line, the joint forces and foreign competition in various sectors.
那个年代，面对着咄咄逼人的帝国主义列强大肆输出资本、倾销商品，工商业者越发感到势孤力薄，希望打破行帮壁垒，联合各业力量与外商竞争。