despair
n. 绝望；令人绝望的人或事
vi. 绝望，丧失信心
n.
绝望；使人绝望的人（或事物）；
vi.
绝望；
变形
复数：despairs过去式：despaired过去分词：despaired现在分词：despairing第三人称单数：despairs
双语释义
n.(名词)[U]绝望 complete loss of hope or confidence
[C][U]使人绝望的人〔事物〕 sth or sb that causes this feeling
v.(动词)vi. 绝望 be in despair about
英英释义
despair[ di'spεə ]
n.
a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly
"they were rescued from despair at the last minute"
同义词：desperation
the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well
v.abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart
"Don't despair--help is on the way!"
词汇搭配
用作动词 (v.)
～+副词
despair hardly〔nearly〕几乎绝望
despair deeply深为绝望
～+介词
despair at sth对…感到灰心丧气
despair for对…感到绝望
despair of对…绝望; 对…感到担心
词组短语
in despair绝望地，失望地
despair of失望，丧失信心；对…绝望
同近义词辨析
disappointment, despair, desperation, depression这组词都有“绝望、沮丧”的意思，其区别是：
disappointment多指愿望或期望的落空。
despair普通用词，指因灾难等因素而丧失希望和信心，陷入沮丧，绝望的境地。
desperation语气强烈，指因绝望而使人采取无所顾忌的疯狂行动。
depression侧重指因遭受重大失利或挫折而产生的低落情绪。
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
A person is most disappointed when he is in despair.
一个人在绝望时最失望。
He has been in the abyss of despair.
他已陷入绝望的深渊。
He fluctuated between hope and despair.
他时而充满希望时而失望。
He is the despair of all other pianists.
他使其他所有的钢琴家都感到失望。
用作不及物动词(vi.)
We cannot despair of humanity, since we are ourselves human beings.
身为人类,我们不能对人性失望。
They despaired of winning the game.
他们不抱比赛得胜的希望。
权威例句
Behavioral despair in mice: a primary screening test for antidepressantsBehavioural despair in mice : A primary screening test for antidepressants
Behavioural despair in rats: A new model sensitive to antidepressant treatments.
"Behavioural despair"in rats and mice: strain differences and the effects of imipramine.
Dehydroepiandrosterone Decreases Behavioral Despair in High-but not Low-Anxiety Rats
Effect of spiritual well-being on end-of-life despair in terminally-ill cancer patients
Rodent Models of Depression: Forced Swim and Tail Suspension Behavioral Despair Tests in Rats and Mice
Rodent models of depression: forced swimming and tail suspension behavioral despair tests in rats and mice.
Porsolt RD, Bertin A, Jalfre M. Behavioral despair in mice: a primary screening test for antidepressants. Arch Int Pharmacodyn Ther ...
Porsolt R, Anton G, Blavet N, Deniel M, Jalfre M. Behavioral despair in rats: a new model sensitive to antidepressant treatment. Eur...
despair
despair: [14] Etymologically, despair is literally ‘lack of hope’. The word comes via Old French desperer from Latin dēspērāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē-, denoting reversal, and spērāre, a derivative of the noun spēs ‘hope’. Its past participle, dēspērātus, produced English desperate [15], from which desperado is a 17th-century mock-Spanish coinage.=> desperate
despair (n.)
c. 1300, from Anglo-French despeir, Old French despoir, from desperer (see despair (v.)). Replaced native wanhope.
despair (v.)
early 14c., from stem of Old French desperer "be dismayed, lose hope, despair," from Latin desperare "to despair, to lose all hope," from de- "without" (see de-) + sperare "to hope," from spes "hope" (see sperate). Related: Despaired; despairing; despairingly.
1. It is likely that he will give up in despair.
在绝望中,他很有可能会放弃.
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
2. Despair bled all colour from his fantasies.
绝望使他的幻想黯然失色。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
3. He switched off the lamp and gave himself up completely to despair.
他拧灭了灯，完全陷入了绝望。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
4. Poor Rip was at last reduced almost to despair.
到了这一步，可怜的瑞普几乎是走投无路了。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
5. The agony and despair were gone.
苦痛和绝望却已经不存在了。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
6. All year she has fluctuated between optimism and despair.
全年当中她时而乐观,时而消沉。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
7. I could feel his despair.
我可以感受到他绝望的情绪。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
8. He was then depressed and in despair.
他那时沮丧郁闷, 情绪低落。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
9. He fluctuated between hope and despair.
他时而充满希望时而失望。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
10. The novel breathes despair.
这部小说表现出绝望的情绪。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
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