despaired

英 [dɪˈspeəd]

美 [dɪˈsperd]

v.  绝望; 失去希望; 丧失信心
despair的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 绝望
  Despairis the feeling that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve.
  1. I looked at my wife in despair...
     我绝望地看着妻子。
  2. ...feelings of despair or inadequacy.
     绝望或无能的感觉
• VERB 感到绝望;失去希望
  If youdespair, you feel that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve.
  1. 'Oh, I despair sometimes,' he says in mock sorrow...
     “啊，我有时会感到绝望，”他假装悲伤地说。
  2. He does despair at much of the press criticism.
     面对媒体的诸多批评他的确感到绝望。
• VERB 对…感到绝望;对…不抱希望
  If youdespair ofsomething, you feel that there is no hope that it will happen or improve. If youdespair ofsomeone, you feel that there is no hope that they will improve.
  1. He wished to earn a living through writing but despaired of doing so.
     他想通过写作来谋生，不过他对此不抱希望。
  2. ...efforts to find homes for people despairing of ever having a roof over their heads...
     为那些对有瓦遮头不再抱有任何希望的人们找到住处的努力
  3. There are signs that many voters have already despaired of politicians.
     有迹象表明许多选民对政客已经不抱希望。

双语例句

• Mike despaired of ever seeing her again.
  迈克对再次见到她已不抱任何希望。
• It is said when Robert Clive was a boy his parents despaired of him.
  据说罗伯特科菜小的时候，他父母对他很失望。
• I used to work next to a law school I despaired every time I passed by, wondering how so many of its bright graduates would end up destroying value for our communities, inhibiting innovation, placing a burden on enterprise and killing jobs.
  我曾经的工作地点隔壁就是一所法学院每次我路过这所学校都感到绝望，纳闷为什么那么多聪明的毕业生，最终只会破坏我们的社会价值、阻碍创新、给企业造成负担、并削减就业。
• The doctor knew that the wounded soldier's life was despaired of.
  医生知道那伤兵的生命已经无望。
• The sailors in the lifeboat despaired of reaching the shore safely.
  救生艇上的水手们对平安到达岸边绝望了。
• She had despaired of completing her thesis.
  她对完成论文绝望了。
• Nearly half worried about the monotony of their work and despaired of their career prospects.
  近一半人厌烦工作的千篇一律，对自己的职业前景感到失望。
• He despaired of being able to repair the TV set.
  他对能否修好这台电视机表示失望。
• We've despaired of him; he can't keep a job for more than six months.
  我们对他非常失望，没有哪个工作他能干半年以上。
• The doctor despaired of saving the patient's life.
  医生对抢救病人已失去信心。