despaired

英 [dɪˈspeəd]

美 [dɪˈsperd]

v.  绝望; 失去希望; 丧失信心
despair的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 绝望
  Despairis the feeling that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve.
  1. I looked at my wife in despair...
     我绝望地看着妻子。
  2. ...feelings of despair or inadequacy.
     绝望或无能的感觉
• VERB 感到绝望;失去希望
  If youdespair, you feel that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve.
  1. '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。
  2. 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。
• VERB 对…感到绝望;对…不抱希望
  If youdespair ofsomething, you feel that there is no hope that it will happen or improve. If youdespair ofsomeone, you feel that there is no hope that they will improve.
  1. 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。
  2. ...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
  3. 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。

双语例句

• They despaired of winning the game.
  他们不抱比赛得胜的希望。
• Nearly half worried about the monotony of their work and despaired of their career prospects.
  近一半人厌烦工作的千篇一律，对自己的职业前景感到失望。
• 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。
• This event had at last been despaired of, but it was then too late to be saving.
  这个指望落了空，如今省吃俭用已经太迟了。
• The doctor knew that the wounded soldier's life was despaired of.
  医生知道那伤兵的生命已经无望。
• 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。
• He despaired of his future.
  他对他的将来不抱希望。
• The reporter could not affirm it, but he and his companions almost despaired of the result.
  通讯记者不敢断定，可是他和他的伙伴们几乎已经绝望了。
• Most scientists despaired of ever knowing the physical nature of the stars.
  大多数科学对了解恒星的物理性质失去了信心。
• She stood at the corner of Main Street and Washington Avenue and despaired.
  她站立在大街和华盛顿路交叉的街角上，大失所望。