despair
英 [dɪ'speə]
美[dɪ'spɛr]
- n. 绝望；令人绝望的人或事
- vi. 绝望，丧失信心
词态变化
复数: despairs;第三人称单数: despairs;过去式: despaired;过去分词: despaired;现在分词: despairing;
中文词源
despair 绝望
de-, 不，非，使相反。-spair, 希望，词源同speed, prosper. 即没有希望的，绝望。
英英释意
- 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
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.
=> desperate - 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.
同义词辨析
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。
词组搭配
be the despair of
be the cause of a feeling of hopelessness in (someone else)
是使（别人）感到绝望
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。
实用场景例句
- She uttered a cry of despair.
- 她发出了绝望的叫声。
牛津词典
- A deep sense of despair overwhelmed him.
- 深深的绝望使他痛苦不堪。
牛津词典
- He gave up the struggle in despair .
- 他绝望地放弃了斗争。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- Eventually, driven to despair , he threw himself under a train.
- 他被逼得走投无路，最后卧轨自杀。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- Don't despair! We'll think of a way out of this.
- 别灰心！我们会找到出路的。
牛津词典
- They'd almost despaired of ever having children.
- 他们对生孩子几乎不抱任何希望了。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- I looked at my wife in despair...
- 我绝望地看着妻子。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...feelings of despair or inadequacy.
- 绝望或无能的感觉
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- '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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...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
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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.
期刊摘选
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- He gave up the attempt in despair.
- 他在绝望中放弃了这种尝试.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Do not abandon yourself to despair.
- 不要悲观失望.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- They fought with the courage of despair.
- 他们作殊死搏斗.
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