[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]绝望Despair is the feeling that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve.
[also N in pl]
I looked at my wife in despair...
我绝望地看着妻子。
...feelings of despair or inadequacy.
绝望或无能的感觉
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[VERB 动词]感到绝望;失去希望 If you despair, you feel that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve.
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'Oh, I despair sometimes,' he says in mock sorrow...
“啊,我有时会感到绝望,”他假装悲伤地说。
He does despair at much of the press criticism.
面对媒体的诸多批评他的确感到绝望。
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[VERB 动词]对…感到绝望;对…不抱希望 If you despair of something, you feel that there is no hope that it will happen or improve. If you despair of someone, you feel that there is no hope that they will improve.
[V of -ing/n]
He wished to earn a living through writing but despaired of doing so.
他想通过写作来谋生,不过他对此不抱希望。
...efforts to find homes for people despairing of ever having a roof over their heads...
为那些对有瓦遮头不再抱有任何希望的人们找到住处的努力
There are signs that many voters have already despaired of politicians.
有迹象表明许多选民对政客已经不抱希望。
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des·pair/dɪˈspeə(r); NAmEdɪˈsper/
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despairdespairsdespaireddespairingnoun[uncountable ]the feeling of having lost all hope 绝望◆She uttered a cry of despair.她发出了绝望的叫声。◆A deep sense of despair overwhelmed him.深深的绝望使他痛苦不堪。◆He gave up the struggle in despair.他绝望地放弃了斗争。◆One harsh word would send her into the depths of despair.一句严厉的话就会使她陷入极度的绝望之中。◆Eventually, driven to despair,he threw himself under a train. 他被迫得走投无路,最后卧轨自杀。☞see also
desperate
IDIOMbe the despair of sbto make sb worried or unhappy, because they cannot help 令某人担心(或绝望)◆My handwriting was the despair of my teachers.我的字写得很差,使老师们感到十分失望。☞more at
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n.verb[intransitive ]to stop having any hope that a situation will change or improve 绝望;失去希望;丧失信心◆Don't despair! We'll think of a way out of this.别灰心!我们会找到出路的。despairof sth/sb ◆I despair of him; he can't keep a job for more than six months.我对他都绝望了,他做任何工作都不超过半年。despairof doing sth ◆They'd almost despaired of ever having children.他们对生孩子几乎不抱任何希望了。des·pair/dɪˈspeə(r); NAmEdɪˈsper/
1a feeling that you have no hope at allin despair She killed herself in despair.the depths of despair (=very strong feelings of despair) The noise from the neighbours used to drive him to despair.to the despair of somebody To the despair of the workers, the company announced the closure of the factory.2be the despair of somebody old-fashioned to make someone feel very worried, upset, or unhappy: She is the despair of her teachers.
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despairdespair2 verb [intransitive] formal
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to feel that there is no hope at all: Despite his illness, Ron never despaired.despair of (doing) something He despaired of ever finding her.despair of somebody My teachers began to despair of me.
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