despair of

• • 对…感到绝望，对…丧失信心，对…不抱希望：

    Never despair of success.

    切勿对成功丧失信心。

    The child despaired of being rescued.

    那小孩丧失了获救的信心。

  • 对(某人的言行举止)担心：

    It is said that when Jack was a pupil his mother despaired of him.

    听说杰克的母亲很为他小学时候的操行担心。