If you say that you are ~, you mean that you feel alone and helpless and you cannot escape from the place or situation you are in.
...families ~ in decaying inner-city areas.
= stuck
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ prep
If you say that you are ~, you mean that you feel alone and helpless and you cannot escape from the place or situation you are in.
...families ~ in decaying inner-city areas.
= stuck
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ prep
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012