英汉词典

despair 基本解释

• n. 绝望；令人绝望的人或事
• vi. 绝望，丧失信心

despair 词态变化

despair 中文词源

de-, 不，非，使相反。-spair, 希望，词源同speed, prosper. 即没有希望的，绝望。

despair 英文词源

despair

despair: [14] Etymologically, despair is literally ‘lack of hope’. The word comes via Old French desperer from Latin dēspērāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē-, denoting reversal, and spērāre, a derivative of the noun spēs ‘hope’. Its past participle, dēspērātus, produced English desperate [15], from which desperado is a 17th-century mock-Spanish coinage.
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despair (n.)

c. 1300, from Anglo-French despeir, Old French despoir, from desperer (see despair (v.)). Replaced native wanhope.

despair (v.)

early 14c., from stem of Old French desperer "be dismayed, lose hope, despair," from Latin desperare "to despair, to lose all hope," from de- "without" (see de-) + sperare "to hope," from spes "hope" (see sperate). Related: Despaired; despairing; despairingly.

despair 词组搭配

despair 英文释义

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

despair 同义词解析

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。

despair 双语例句

1. Don't let yourself despair; this will only make matters worse.

不要想不开，这样只能使情况变得更糟。

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2. I would overcome any weakness, any despair, any fear.

我要克服所有的软弱、绝望和恐惧。

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3. As his energy drained away, his despair and worry grew.

当他的精力耗尽时，他的绝望和担心也增加了。

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4. I was in the depths of despair when the baby was sick.

孩子生病时我陷入了绝望的深渊之中。

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5. The night before the test I was overcome by fear and despair.

考试前的晚上，恐惧和绝望让我内心无比惊慌。

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despair 实用场景例句

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。

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...feelings of despair or inadequacy.

绝望或无能的感觉

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'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。

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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。

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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。

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...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

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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.

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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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