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despair

美音:[dıs´pɛə ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.绝望,失望,令人失望的人(事物) vi.绝望

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动词过去式:despaired 过去分词:despaired 现在分词:despairing 第三人称单数:despairs

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sper=hope(希望)

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give-up  desire  hope    

despair


/dɪ'speə(r); dɪ`spɛr/ n
1 [U] state of having lost all hope 失去一切希望; 绝望
*Your stupidity will drive me to (ie make me feel) despair. 你愚蠢得使我寒心.
* He gave up the struggle in despair. 他绝望地放弃了斗争.
* She was overcome by despair. 她已完全绝望.
* his despair of ever seeing his family again 他再也见不到他家里人的绝望心情.
2 (idm 习语) be the despair of sb make sb give up hope 使某人放弃希望
*Your son is the despair of all his teachers, ie They no longer expect to be able to teach him anything. 你的儿子在所有教师的心目中已毫无希望了.

v [I, Ipr] ~ (of sb/sth) (fml 文) have lost all hope (esp that sb/sth will improve) 失去全部希望; 绝望
*We've despair of him; he can't keep a job for more than six months. 我们对他已经绝望了, 他做什么工作都不能超过半年.
1. This poem communicates the author´s despair.
    这首诗流露出作者的绝望心情.

2. Though he kept throwing up his arms in despair, he readily accepted the $5 I gave him.
    虽然他绝望地举起双手,但他毫不迟疑地收下了我付给他的5镑钱。

3. He went home in despair to await his fate.
    他绝望地回到家里, 等待厄运的降临。

4. He regarded the fence thoughtfully, and his heart was filled with despair.
    他若有所思地看着栅栏,心中充满了绝望。

5. Although something going wrong in any aspect (方面) of your life now seems to push you into temporary despair much more easily than before, you have some very important things to hang on to — people who care, your sense of humor, your talents, your cat
    除此以外,你也得到了某些东西--增长了一点点的知识和大大加深了的对生活的领悟。

6. People who live in Britain needn´t despair when they make mistakes like this (and a lot of people do)!
    当英国人犯这种错误时,他们不必感到绝望(而许多国家的人都有这种绝望的感觉)。

7. It was clear that the reader had given up in despair.
    很明显,读者由于失望而放弃不读了。

8. I gave up in despair.
    我无可奈何,只好罢休。

9. I got up early next morning hoping to find that the ants had given up in despair.
    第二天早上,我起床后希望看见蚂蚁已因无望而放弃了尝试,

10. In despair, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner.
    失望之中我问她饭是否吃得满意。

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