despair

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n. 绝望, 失望 vi. 绝望

发音

UK /dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)/
US /dɪˈspɛɚ/

词形变化

despairs 复数 despaired despairest despaireth despairing despairs 三单 despairs despairing 现在分词 despaired 过去式 despaired 过去分词

别名

despaire FUDD

教材释义与例句

名词

绝望；令人绝望的人或事

动词

绝望，丧失信心

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.

    绝望

    可数 不可数

    He turned around in despair, aware that he was not going to survive.

    My daughter's behavior drives me to despair.

  2. 2.

    That which causes despair.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    That which is despaired of.

    可数 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.

    绝望

    废旧 及物
  2. 2.

    To cause to despair.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

desperation

反义词 1

hope

上位词 3

feeling condition status

下位词 7

surrender resignation dismay hopelessness pessimism discouragement disheartenment
动词

反义词 1

hope

上位词 2

feel experience

下位词 1

despond

相关短语

compare and despair climate despair pit of despair pits of despair disease of despair death of despair diseases of despair deaths of despair counsel of despair

词源

From Middle English dispeir, from Anglo-Norman despeir and Old French desperer (from Latin dēspērō, dēspērāre), or desesperer, from des- (“dis-”) + esperer (“hope”). See also desperate. Displaced native Old English ormōdnes (“despair”) and Old English ortrīewan (“to despair”).

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