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despair

美[dɪ'sper]  英[dɪ'speə(r)]
n.  绝望;失望
vi.  失望
  过去式:despaired  过去分词:despaired  现在分词:despairing  第三人称单数:despairs
  近义词:discouragement,hopelessness,hope,joy,

详细释义

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

双解释义

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

英英释义

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!"

组词搭配

~+副词
  1. despair hardly〔nearly〕几乎绝望
  2. despair deeply深为绝望
~+介词
  1. despair at sth对…感到灰心丧气
  2. despair for对…感到绝望
  3. despair of对…绝望; 对…感到担心

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. A person is most disappointed when he is in despair.一个人在绝望时最失望。
  2. He has been in the abyss of despair.他已陷入绝望的深渊。
  3. He fluctuated between hope and despair.他时而充满希望时而失望。
  4. He is the despair of all other pianists.他使其他所有的钢琴家都感到失望。
用作不及物动词(vi.)
  1. We cannot despair of humanity, since we are ourselves human beings.身为人类,我们不能对人性失望。
  2. They despaired of winning the game.他们不抱比赛得胜的希望。

词语用法

n.(名词)
    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)
    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”。 despair后面如需跟非谓语动词,须跟of+doing,不可跟动词不定式。
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