n.(名词)

1. 绝望，失望，断念，走投无路
2. 令人绝望的人或原因，令人失望的人
3. 望尘莫及的人
4. 绝望的情绪，走投无路的心情
5. 棘手
6. 令某人担心

v.(动词)

1. （对...）绝望，（悲观）失望，（对...）丧失信心，对...不抱希望，大失所望，失去希望

n.(名词)

1. [U]绝望 complete loss of hope or confidence
2. [C][U]使人绝望的人〔事物〕 sth or sb that causes this feeling

v.(动词)

1. vi. 绝望 be in despair about

Noun:

1. a state in which all hope is lost or absent;

   "in the depths of despair"
   "they were rescued from despair at the last minute"
   "courage born of desperation"
   

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

   "they moaned in despair and dismay"
   "one harsh word would send her into the depths of despair"
   

Verb:

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

   "Don't despair--help is on the way!"
   

1.绝望
despair is the feeling that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve.

e.g. I looked at my wife indespair...
我绝望地看着妻子。
e.g. ...feelings ofdespair or inadequacy.
绝望或无能的感觉

2.感到绝望;失去希望
If youdespair, you feel that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve.

e.g. 'Oh, Idespair sometimes,' he says in mock sorrow...
“啊，我有时会感到绝望，”他假装悲伤地说。
e.g. He doesdespair at much of the press criticism.
面对媒体的诸多批评他的确感到绝望。

3.对…感到绝望;对…不抱希望
If youdespair of something, you feel that there is no hope that it will happen or improve. If youdespair of someone, you feel that there is no hope that they will improve.

despair什么意思

e.g. 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。
e.g. ...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

1.

1. 失望：不过这个被冠以失望(despair)特征的人留下了大批能辅助后人的材料,也算是没有白逝世(下文中还会有针对他的剖析). 回头再来看看亨利的遭受,入洞以后他先后见证了辛提娜(Cynthia Velasquez 16/21)、杰士伯(Jasper Gein 17/21)、安得鲁(Andrew Desalvo 18/21)、理查德(Richard Braintree 19/21)这四人的逝世亡,

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2. 失望,绝望：desert 遗弃,放弃 |despair 失望,绝望 | desperate 绝望,不顾死活的

3. 绝望;使人绝望的事物：3.contentment 满意;满足 | 4.despair 绝望;使人绝望的事物 | 5.devoted 挚爱的;忠实的;热忱的

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.

他被逼得走投无路，最后卧轨自杀。

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。

Don't despair! We'll think of a way out of this.

别灰心！我们会找到出路的。

They'd almost despaired of ever having children.

他们对生孩子几乎不抱任何希望了。

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。

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.

His moods kept changing 'u2014 now happy, now filled with despair.

他情绪多变——时而高兴, 时而感到绝望.

The failure drove him into despair.

这次失败使他绝望了.

The boy is the despair of his teachers.

这男孩使老师们感到无可救药.

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.

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.

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.

He gave up the attempt in despair.

他在绝望中放弃了这种尝试.

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.

The bandit chief surrendered himself to despair and took his own life.

匪首在绝望中自杀了.

He was then depressed and in despair.

他那时沮丧郁闷,情绪低落.

Do not abandon yourself to despair.

不要悲观失望.

They fought with the courage of despair.

他们作殊死搏斗.

1. Defeat after defeat filled us with despair.
   一次又一次的失败使我们完全绝望了。
2. The boy is the despair of his teachers.
   老师们认为这孩子已无可救药。
3. He was in despair of ever being able to pay off his debts.
   他对自己能够清偿债务已不抱任何希望。

用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

1. Don't abandon yourself to despair.
   不要悲观失望。
2. She has despaired deeply.
   她已深为绝望。
3. Even though all her family and financial troubles,Margaret never gave way to despair.
   即使因为家庭和经济发生困难,玛格丽特也从来没有悲观失望过。
4. Do not despair, things will get better soon!
   不要绝望,情况会很快好起来的。
5. In all things, it is better to hope than to despair.
   在任何情况下,抱有希望总比绝望强。
6. So long as you help me,I shall never despair.
   只要有你帮助我,我是决不会灰心丧气的。
7. She despaired at the thought of it.
   一想到这件事她就心灰意冷。

despair of (v.+prep.)

对(某人,尤其对其行为)感到十分焦急,担心 feel very anxious about (sb), especially as regards his behaviour
despair of sb/sth

He despaired of his future.

他对他的将来不抱希望。

Don't despair of success; where there's a will, there's a way.

别悲观失望,有志者事竟成。

He did not despair of victory in the end.

他没有失去最后赢得胜利的信心。

We should never despair of success.

我们切勿对成功丧失信心。

The patient's life was despaired of, all hope that he would live was lost.

此病人已病入膏肓,救活无望。

despair of v-ing

The doctor despaired of saving the child's life.

医生对救活这孩子已失去了信心。

She had despaired of completing her thesis.

她对完成论文已失去了信心。

They despaired of winning the game.

他们不抱比赛得胜的希望。

despair of sb

I despair of those children.

我对那些孩子十分担心。

～+副词

• despair%20hardly%E3%80%94nearly%E3%80%95">despair hardly〔nearly〕几乎绝望
• despair%20deeply">despair deeply深为绝望

～+介词

• despair%20at%20sth">despair at sth对…感到灰心丧气
• despair%20for">despair for对…感到绝望
• despair%20of">despair of对…绝望; 对…感到担心

• A sadness overcame him, more than sadness, a despair.

  出自：R. P. Warren

• Revolution, though born of despair, cannot long be sustained by despair.

  出自：M. L. King

• Hollow-eyed Abstinence, and lean despair.

  出自：personified

• His life was despaired of.

  出自：M. W. Montagu

• We carried her disease backwards and forwards over Europe..until I began to despair.

  出自：L. Durrell

• Herr Lustgarten was beginning..to despair of teaching me more.

  出自：M. Moorcock

n.(名词)

1. despair的基本意思是“绝望”,引申可指“使人绝望的人〔事物〕”。in despair意为“绝望地”,可用作表语,也可用作状语。

v.(动词)

1. despair的基本意思是“对…感到失望或绝望”,这种“失望”可指“彻底失望或绝望”,口气很强,有时有“悲痛”的含义; 它是不及物动词,常与of连用,表示“对…失望”。
2. despair后面如需跟非谓语动词,须跟of+doing,不可跟动词不定式。

v.(动词)

despair, disappoint

这两个词都可以表示“使失望,使绝望”,但含义及用法上有很大的区别:despair是不及物动词,后面接介词of,表示“彻底失望或绝望”,口气很强,有时有“悲痛”的含义; despair of接人时,意味着厌恶和失望的感情交织在一起; disappoint是及物动词,表示“使…失望”,强调原来的希望未能实现,因而令人丧失信心,常用于系表结构中。例如:

It is said that when he was a boy his par- ents despaired of him.

据说在很小的时候他的父母对他不抱 任何希望。

Although I was disappointed,I didn't des- pair.

我虽失望了,但还没有绝望。

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。

• ☆ 14世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的desperer，意为失去希望；最初源自古典拉丁语的desperare：de (没有） + sperare (希望），意为丧失希望。