基本释义
- n.
- 绝望
- v.
- 感到绝望; 不抱希望
词性变化
- 复数:despairs;
- 第三人称单数:despairs;
- 过去式:despaired;
- 过去分词:despaired;
- 现在分词:despairing;
实用例句
She uttered a cry of despair.
她发出了绝望的叫声。
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A deep sense of despair overwhelmed him.
深深的绝望使他痛苦不堪。
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He gave up the struggle in despair .
他绝望地放弃了斗争。
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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。
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Eventually, driven to despair , he threw himself under a train.
他被逼得走投无路，最后卧轨自杀。
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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。
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Don't despair! We'll think of a way out of this.
别灰心！我们会找到出路的。
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They'd almost despaired of ever having children.
他们对生孩子几乎不抱任何希望了。
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I despair of him; he can't keep a job for more than six months.
我对他都绝望了，他做任何工作都超不过半年。
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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
'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。
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
It's getting late. We need to get home and check on the children.
天色晚了, 我们得回家去看看孩子.
期刊摘选
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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The failure drove him into despair.
这次失败使他绝望了.
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The boy is the despair of his teachers.
这男孩使老师们感到无可救药.
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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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If you are in the depths of despair, you are extremely unhappy.
如果你彻底地失望, 你会十分不开心.
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This poem runs the gamut of emotions from despair to joy.
这首诗展现了从绝望到喜悦的感情历程.
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He gave up the attempt in despair.
他在绝望中放弃了这种尝试.
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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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The bandit chief surrendered himself to despair and took his own life.
匪首在绝望中自杀了.
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He was then depressed and in despair.
他那时沮丧郁闷,情绪低落.
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Do not abandon yourself to despair.
不要悲观失望.
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They fought with the courage of despair.
他们作殊死搏斗.
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英英释义
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
1. abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart;
"Don't despair--help is on the way!"
同义词辨析
despair, desperation, depression, disappointment
这些名词都有"绝望，沮丧"之意。
- despair： 普通用词，指因灾难等因素而丧失希望和信心，陷入沮丧，绝望的境地。
- desperation： 语气强烈，指因绝望而使人采取无所顾忌的疯狂行动。
- depression： 侧重指因遭受重大失利或挫折而产生的低落情绪。
- disappointment： 多指愿望或期望的落空。