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

• 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。
• She despaired of her son's safety.
  她为儿子的安全而着急。
• She had despaired of completing her thesis.
  她对完成论文绝望了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We've despaired of him; he can't keep a job for more than six months.
  我们对他非常失望，没有哪个工作他能干半年以上。
• He despaired of his future.
  他对他的将来不抱希望。
• The sailors in the lifeboat despaired of reaching the shore safely.
  救生艇上的水手们对平安到达岸边绝望了。
• Could Sir Thomas have seen all his niece's feelings, when she wrote her first letter to her aunt, he would not have despaired;
  托马斯爵士若能知道外甥女给姨妈写第一封信时的心情，也就不会感到绝望了。