| 单词 | alarm and despondency |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalarm and despondency P1. alarm and despondency: feelings of anxiety and hopelessness likely to undermine the morale of an army, population, etc., in a time of war, disaster, or hardship.Apparently not a fixed collocation before the Second World War (1939–45). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [phrase] > state of alarm or dread in fear1297 alarm and despondency1849 1849 Aid to Distressed Unions W. Ireland 49 in Parl. Papers XLVIII. 121 There appears to be some signs of improvement in this district, and that the alarm and despondency which has heretofore paralyzed almost all exertion, seems to be giving way to a feeling of hope. 1950 V. Peniakoff Private Army ii. v. 128 A message came on the wireless for me. It said: ‘Spread alarm and despondency’... The date was, I think, May 18th, 1942. 1957 ‘N. Shute’ On Beach viii. 249 They don't want to create alarm and despondency until they've got to. 1969 Listener 10 Apr. 478/2 For four years during the war I was myself a BBC policy censor..morally committed to avoiding the spread of alarm and despondency. 1988 H. Mantel Eight Months on Ghazzah Street (1989) 251 The paychecks had not arrived yet. Full moon had come and gone. Alarm and despondency was the order of the day. 2000 D. French Raising Churchill's Army i. 35 In 1917-18 the RAF's close air support operations had been successful in spreading alarm and despondency amongst German troops. < as lemmas |
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