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单词 despair
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despair

/dɪˈspeə(r)/
mass noun
the complete loss or absence of hope
绝望; 无望:

driven to despair, he throws himself under a train

他陷入绝望, 一头撞到了火车底下

in despair, I hit the bottle.

绝望中, 我砸掉了一个瓶子。

no obj.
lose or be without hope
失去希望; 没有希望:

we should not despair

我们不应该失去希望

he was beginning to despair of ever knowing

他开始放弃了了解这件事的希望

as adj. despairing he gave a despairing little shrug.

他轻轻耸肩, 表示已没有希望。

短语

be the despair of

be the cause of a feeling of hopelessness in (someone else)
使(别人)感到绝望的人(或事):

such students can be the despair of conscientious teachers.

这种学生让尽心尽责的老师们感到绝望。

派生词

despairingly

adverb
词源
Middle English: the noun via Anglo-Norman French from Old French desespeir; the verb from Old French desperer, from Latin desperare, from de- 'down from' + sperare 'to hope'.
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