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despair

despair

[英] [disˈpɛə] [美] [dɪˈspɛr] 生词本

n.

vi.

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1. N-UNCOUNT 绝望 Despair is the feeling that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve. 
  • 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

2. VERB 感到绝望;失去希望 If you despair, you feel that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve. 
  • '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。

3. VERB 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. 
  • 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。

Noun

1. a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly;

  • "they were rescued from despair at the last minute"

2. the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well

Verb

1. abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart;

  • "Don't despair--help is on the way!"
1. Defeat after defeat filled us with despair.
一次又一次的失败使我们完全绝望了。

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2. Despair overclouded his face.
绝望使他的脸色阴沉。

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3. Do not abandon yourself to despair.
不要悲观失望。

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4. Don't despair; things will get better soon.
不必绝望,事情不久就会好起来。

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5. Doubt and despair racked him.
[喻]怀疑和沮丧折磨着他。

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6. He alternated between hope and despair.
他时而充满希望,时而绝望。

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7. He communicates his despair to me.
他向我表达他的绝望心情。

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8. He gave up the attempt in despair.
他在绝望中放弃了这种尝试。

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9. He is my despair.
他是我万万赶不上的。

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10. He is plunging into an abyss of despair.
他陷入了绝望的深渊。

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11. He surrendered himself to despair.
他绝望已极。

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12. He was in the depth of despair.
他处于绝望的深渊。

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13. He was in utter despair.
他完全绝望了。

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14. He was plunged into despair by the terrible news.
这个可怕的消息使他突然陷于绝望之中。

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15. He was then depressed and in despair.
他那时沮丧郁闷,情绪低落。

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16. Her moods were very changeable, now laughing loudly, and now sunk in despair.
她的情绪变化无常,一会儿放声大笑,一会儿陷于绝望。

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17. His impotence to help made him despair.
他无力帮忙,感到很失望。

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18. His moods kept changing—now happy, now filled with despair.
他情绪多变——时而高兴,时而感到绝望。

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19. His mother flung up her hands in despair when the boy failed yet another examination.
当孩子考试又不及格时,母亲感到毫无希望了。

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20. Hope is antithetic to despair.
希望是与绝望对立的。

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