英语词汇“despair”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

despair

/dɪˈspɛː

noun [mass noun]

The complete loss or absence of hope: a voice full of self-hatred and despair in despair, I hit the bottle...

Finally, never leave the examination hall in despair, however hopeless things may seem.
As if in pain, as if in despair, everyone felt the sadness and everyone felt fear as well.
He says every morning he begins his work with hope, and every evening he ends in despair.

Synonyms

hopelessness, desperation, distress, anguish, pain, unhappiness;

dejection, depression, despondency, disconsolateness, gloom, melancholy, melancholia, misery, wretchedness;

disheartenment, discouragement, resignedness, forlornness, defeatism, pessimism

verb [no object]

Lose or be without hope: we should not despair she despaired of finding a good restaurant nearby...

Others were simply despairing, sighing that it had lost its magic, that it had sold its soul to charter flights and overdevelopment.
He was far too young to die and I despaired that I was his only hope.
Some are hopeful, some are despairing and some are poignant.

Synonyms

lose hope, give up hope, abandon hope, give up, lose heart, be discouraged, be despondent, be demoralized, resign oneself, throw in the towel/sponge, quit, surrender;

be pessimistic, look on the black side

archaic despond

hopeless, desperate, anguished, distressed, broken-hearted, heartbroken, grief-stricken, inconsolable, sorrowing, suicidal, in despair;

dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, gloomy, melancholy, miserable, wretched, desolate, forlorn;

disheartened, discouraged, demoralized, devastated, downcast, resigned, defeatist, pessimistic

literary dolorous

Phrases

be the despair of

Origin

Middle English: the noun via Anglo-Norman French from Old French desespeir; the verb from Old French desperer, from Latin desperare, from de- 'down from' + sperare 'to hope'.

单词	despair
释义	despair /dɪˈspɛː / noun [mass noun] The complete loss or absence of hope: a voice full of self-hatred and despair in despair, I hit the bottle... Finally, never leave the examination hall in despair, however hopeless things may seem. As if in pain, as if in despair, everyone felt the sadness and everyone felt fear as well. He says every morning he begins his work with hope, and every evening he ends in despair. Synonyms hopelessness, desperation, distress, anguish, pain, unhappiness; dejection, depression, despondency, disconsolateness, gloom, melancholy, melancholia, misery, wretchedness; disheartenment, discouragement, resignedness, forlornness, defeatism, pessimism verb [no object] Lose or be without hope: we should not despair she despaired of* finding a good restaurant nearby... Others were simply despairing, sighing that it had lost its magic, that it had sold its soul to charter flights and overdevelopment. He was far too young to die and I despaired that I was his only hope. Some are hopeful, some are despairing and some are poignant. Synonyms lose hope, give up hope, abandon hope, give up, lose heart, be discouraged, be despondent, be demoralized, resign oneself, throw in the towel/sponge, quit, surrender; be pessimistic, look on the black side archaic* despond hopeless, desperate, anguished, distressed, broken-hearted, heartbroken, grief-stricken, inconsolable, sorrowing, suicidal, in despair; dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, gloomy, melancholy, miserable, wretched, desolate, forlorn; disheartened, discouraged, demoralized, devastated, downcast, resigned, defeatist, pessimistic literary dolorous Phrases be the despair of Origin Middle English: the noun via Anglo-Norman French from Old French desespeir; the verb from Old French desperer, from Latin desperare, from de- 'down from' + sperare 'to hope'. Rhymes affair, affaire, air, Altair, Althusser, Anvers, Apollinaire, Astaire, aware, Ayer, Ayr, bare, bear, bêche-de-mer, beware, billionaire, Blair, blare, Bonaire, cafetière, care, chair, chargé d'affaires, chemin de fer, Cher, Clair, Claire, Clare, commissionaire, compare, concessionaire, cordon sanitaire, couvert, Daguerre, dare, debonair, declare, derrière, doctrinaire, éclair, e'er, elsewhere, ensnare, ere, extraordinaire, Eyre, fair, fare, fayre, Finisterre, flair, flare, Folies-Bergère, forbear, forswear, foursquare, glair, glare, hair, hare, heir, Herr, impair, jardinière, Khmer, Kildare, La Bruyère, lair, laissez-faire, legionnaire, luminaire, mal de mer, mare, mayor, meunière, mid-air, millionaire, misère, Mon-Khmer, multimillionaire, ne'er, Niger, nom de guerre, outstare, outwear, pair, pare, parterre, pear, père, pied-à-terre, Pierre, plein-air, prayer, questionnaire, rare, ready-to-wear, rivière, Rosslare, Santander, savoir faire, scare, secretaire, share, snare, solitaire, Soufrière, spare, square, stair, stare, surface-to-air, swear, Tailleferre, tare, tear, their, there, they're, vin ordinaire, Voltaire, ware, wear, Weston-super-Mare, where, yeah
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