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单词 despair
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despair

noun
/dɪˈspeə(r)/
/dɪˈsper/
[uncountable]Idioms
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  1. the feeling of having lost all hope
    • She uttered a cry of despair.
    • A deep sense of despair overwhelmed him.
    • in despair He gave up the struggle in despair.
    • One harsh word would send her into the depths of despair.
    • Eventually, driven to despair, he threw himself under a train.
    see also desperate
    Extra Examples
    • He fell into despair over his failure as a husband.
    • I felt despair at being deceived.
    • I was overcome with a feeling of utter despair.
    • Robert shook his head in despair.
    • She let out a cry of despair.
    • The novel tells the story of a teenager driven to despair by the hypocrisy of the adult world.
    • When he became ill he sank to the depths of despair.
    • his despair over the loss of his wife
    • She was close to despair.
    Topics Feelingsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • black
    • deep
    • complete
    verb + despair
    • feel
    • fall into
    • drive somebody to
    preposition
    • in despair
    • of despair
    • with despair
    phrases
    • the depths of despair
    • in a moment of despair
    • a feeling of despair
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    Word OriginMiddle 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’.
Idioms
be the despair of somebody
  1. to make somebody worried or unhappy, because they cannot help
    • My handwriting was the despair of my teachers.
a counsel of despair
  1. (formal) advice not to try to do something because it is too difficultTopics Suggestions and advicec2

despair

verb
/dɪˈspeə(r)/
/dɪˈsper/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they despair
/dɪˈspeə(r)/
/dɪˈsper/
he / she / it despairs
/dɪˈspeəz/
/dɪˈsperz/
past simple despaired
/dɪˈspeəd/
/dɪˈsperd/
past participle despaired
/dɪˈspeəd/
/dɪˈsperd/
-ing form despairing
/dɪˈspeərɪŋ/
/dɪˈsperɪŋ/
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  1. to stop having any hope that a situation will change or improve
    • Don't despair! We'll think of a way out of this.
    • despair of something/somebody I despair of him; he can't keep a job for more than six months.
    • despair of doing something They'd almost despaired of ever having children.
    Extra Examples
    • He's so rude, I despair of him!
    • If you do not get a job immediately, don't despair. You will find one in the end.
    • They had begun to despair of ever finding the right road.
    • We almost despaired when they said that the health centre would have to close.
    • We finally found a house just when we were beginning to despair.
    • He began to despair that his dream would never materialize.
    Topics Feelingsc1
    Word OriginMiddle 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’.
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