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1. ADJ-GRADED 不抱希望的;绝望的 If you feel hopeless, you feel very unhappy because there seems to be no possibility of a better situation or success. 

  • He had not heard her cry before in this uncontrolled, hopeless way...

    他从未听到过她如此绝望地失声痛哭。

  • The economic crisis makes jobs almost impossible to find and even able pupils feel hopeless about job prospects.

    经济危机使得找到工作几乎成为不可能，就连能力出众的学生都对工作前景不抱希望。

hopelessly

  • I looked around hopelessly.

    我绝望地四下张望。

  • ...a young woman hopelessly in love with a handsome hero.

    不可自拔地爱上一位英俊勇士的年轻女子

hopelessness

  • She had a feeling of hopelessness about the future.

    她对未来感到绝望。

2. ADJ-GRADED 无望的;注定失败的;不会成功的 Someone or something thing that is hopeless is certain to fail or be unsuccessful. 

  • I don't believe your situation is as hopeless as you think. If you love each other, you'll work it out...

    我认为你们的情况并不像你想的那样无望。如果你们彼此相爱，总会找到解决办法的。

  • A doctor is there to treat and to cure, not to dismiss anyone as a hopeless case.

    医生的职责是治病救人，任何人都不能被看作是无药可救而打发走。

3. ADJ-GRADED （人）没有希望（做好…）的，不行的，无能的 If someone is hopeless at something, they are very bad at it. 

  • I'd be hopeless at working for somebody else...

    要是让我为别人工作，我一定做不好。

  • I was fine at sports, but pretty hopeless academically.

    我的体育不错，但学习却很差。

4. ADJ-GRADED 糟糕透顶的;无可救药的;极坏的 You use hopeless to emphasize how bad or inadequate something or someone is. 

  • I don't drive and the buses are quite hopeless...

    我不开车，公共汽车条件又太糟糕。

  • Argentina's economic policies were a hopeless mess.

    阿根廷的经济政策糟得一塌糊涂。

hopelessly

  • The story is hopelessly confusing...

    情节实在令人费解。

  • Harry was hopelessly lost...

    哈里彻底迷了路。

  • By October 1990, when arrested, he was hopelessly in debt.

    到1990年10月被捕时，他已经负债累累。

Noun

1. the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success

1. He sank into the depths of hopelessness after his business failed.
商店倒闭使他陷入了极度的绝望之中。

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