hopeless

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a. 无希望的, 绝望的, 不可救药的

发音

UK /ˈhəʊplɪs/
US /ˈhoʊplɪs/

词形变化

more hopeless 比较级 most hopeless 最高级

别名

hopelesse

释义与例句

adj. B1
  1. 1.

    Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.

    没有希望的

    绝望的

  2. 2.

    Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.

  3. 3.

    Without talent, not skilled.

    He's a hopeless writer, but can draw very well.

  4. 4.

    Of an adverse condition, incurable.

    比喻

    She is a hopeless romantic.

    He is a hopeless idler.

词汇关系

形容词

反义词 1

hopeful

近义相关 10

bad lost black impossible desperate helpless dim bleak forlorn abject

参见 3

impossible pessimistic discouraging

词源

From hope + -less, compare Swedish hopplös.

来源：wiktionary