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

单词	despair
释义	de·spair I. \də̇ˈspa(a)](ə)r, dēˈ-, -pe], ]ə\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English despeiren, from Middle French desperer (assumed Anglo-French 3d person plural present indicative despeirent), from Latin desperare, from de- + sperare to hope; akin to Latin spes hope and probably to Old English spēd success — more at speed *intransitive verb* 1. : to lose hope utterly < sailors are too sanguine to despair, even at the last moment — Frederick Marryat > < to resign or despair you must first of all have an aim that you cannot attain — Stefan Schimanski > also : to give up all expectation — used with of < I should despair, however, of any successful analysis of problems at once so large and so difficult within the limits of this paper — B.N.Cardozo > < we despaired of mastering the idiomatic niceties of the language > 2. : to give up hope for or belief in the success, progress, or achievement — used with of < despaired of man — Karl Meyer > < despair of people who do not like poetry > *transitive verb* obsolete : to lose hope for II. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English despeir, from (assumed) Anglo-French despeir, from (assumed) Old French despeir (whence Old French despoir), from desperer, v. (3d person plural present indicative despeirent) 1. : utter loss of hope : complete domination by feelings of hopelessness, futility, or defeat, wildly and bitterly expressed or quietly and pervasively dominant : complete loss of expectation of something wished for < his despair, which may find expression in … suicide — Rudyard Kipling > < subject to alternating moods of elation and despair > < with the apathy of entire despair he simply assented to whatever measures they suggested — Sheridan Le Fanu > often : a fit of despair — usually used in plural < the hopes, the despairs that accompanied our labors > 2. a. : something that constitutes a cause for despair < an incorrigible child is the despair of his parents > b. : something that causes bafflement and loss of hope that it can be successfully emulated, comprehended, or otherwise acted upon in the desired way < his nondescript features are the despair of caricaturists > < play on words is the translator's despair — J.C.Swaim > < the theory of induction is the despair of philosophy — A.N.Whitehead >
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