despondently

英

美

adv.  意志消沉地；沮丧地

BNC.26950 / COCA.39277

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 沮丧的;泄气的;失望的
  If you aredespondent, you are very unhappy because you have been experiencing difficulties that you think you will not be able to overcome.
  1. I feel despondent when my work is rejected.
     作品被拒后我感到很沮丧。

英英释义

adv

• with desperation
  1. `Why can't you understand?,' she asked despairingly
  Synonym:despairingly

双语例句

• Despondently, the husband replied: 'I missed a new job opportunity.'
  丈夫沮丧地回答：我错过了一个新的工作机会。
• Sprouting despondently at area gates.
  在小区门口绝望地发芽膨胀。
• Sad-coloured curtains, whose proportions were spare and lean, hid themselves despondently behind the windows.
  黯淡的窗帘粗陋、狭窄，垂头丧气地躲藏在窗子后面。
• Mrs Paul sat despondently on an office chair.
  保罗太太沮丧地坐在办公椅子上。
• Then he waved his hand in a wandering and mechanical way, and made an effort or two to say something, then gave it up, despondently.
  他六神无主地用僵硬的姿势摆手，鼓了几次劲想说点什么，却垂头丧气地欲言又止。