despair

[di'spɛə]

n.绝望, 失望
vi.失望

n.

1. 绝望[U]

Charles was in despair.

查尔斯陷入绝望中。

2. 令人绝望的人(或事物)[the S][(+of)]

vi.

绝望, 丧失信心[(+of)]

He despairs of winning a scholarship.

他已不抱赢得奖学金的希望了。

So long as you help me, I shall never despair.

只要你帮我, 我决不会失望。

词形变化

动词过去式: despaired | 动词过去分词: despaired | 动词现在分词: despairing | 动词第三人称单数: despairs |

词义辨析

同义:

vi.绝望, 丧失信心

lose hope  give up  

同义参见:

sadness  droop  depression  oppression  gloom  languish  desperation  grief  

反义:

n.绝望

hope  desire  optimism  

反义参见:

happiness  expect  await  

英英释义

名词 despair:

a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly

同义词：desperation

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

动词 despair:

abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart

补充

despairdespair英:[disˈpɛə] 美:[dɪˈspɛr]n.1.绝望Defeat after defeat filled us with despair.一次又一次的失败使我们完全绝望了。2.使人绝望的人(或事物)The boy is the despair of his teachers.这男孩使老师们感到无可救药。vi.1.绝望Don't despair; things will get better soon.不必绝望, 事情不久就会好起来。

例句

1. He felt close to despair.他觉得快绝望了。 2. They were driven to despair.他们被逼入了绝境。 3. I looked at my wife in despair.我绝望地看着我的妻子。 4. I was in despair.我很绝望。 5. Till then he had been the despair of his father.在此之前, 他一直让父亲感到绝望。 6. His refusal to explain is the despair of his closest supporters.他拒绝作出解释, 令他最亲近的支持者感到绝望。 7. a horse that has been the despair of three trainers一匹让三个驯马师都很头疼的马 8. Don't despair!不要绝望！ 9. The reason I increasingly despair of the BBC is its failure to be innovative.我对英国广播公司越来越绝望的原因是它不去创新。 10. There are signs that many voters have already despaired of politicians.有迹象表明, 许多选民对政客已经不抱希望。 11. He wished to earn a living through writing but despaired of doing so.他想通过写作来谋生, 不过他对此已经不抱希望了。 12. I despair at the attitude of these students.我对这些学生的态度感到绝望。 13. I despair of ever finding him again.我对再找到他已丧失信心。 14. to despair of humanity对人感到绝望 15. driven to despair, he throws himself under a train.他陷入绝望，一头撞到了火车底下。 16. in despair, I hit the bottle.绝望中，我砸掉了一个瓶子。 17. we should not despair.我们不应该失去希望。 18. he was beginning to despair of ever knowing.他开始放弃了了解这件事的希望。 19. [as adj. despairing]he gave a despairing little shrug.他轻轻耸肩，表示已没有希望。 20. 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。 21. We began to despair of ever finding somewhere to live.我们开始感到绝望，恐怕永远找不到住处了。 22. His despair nearly drove him mad.绝望几乎逼得他发疯。 23. She let out a cry of despair. [=desperation]她发出绝望的呼喊。 24. I was overcome by despair at being unable to find them.我找不到他们，绝望不已。 25. She finally gave up in despair.她最后绝望地放弃了。 26. The people were driven to despair by the horrors of war.战争的恐怖使人们陷入绝望。 27. This latest setback has brought/carried/driven her to the depths of despair.最近的这次挫折使她陷入绝望的深渊。 28. He was the despair of his parents.他使父母担心不已。 29. "Things look bad now, but don't despair."事情现在看起来很糟，但别丧失信心。 30. We had begun to despair of ever finding a house we could afford.我们开始对我到一栋买得起的房子不抱希望了。