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

• Occasionally over the years, when I have despaired of looking as slender as I would like, I have consulted a nutritionist.
  这些年来，当我对自己能变得像希望的那么苗条感到绝望时，我有时会咨询营养师。
• She despaired of her son's safety.
  她为儿子的安全而着急。
• The reporter could not affirm it, but he and his companions almost despaired of the result.
  通讯记者不敢断定，可是他和他的伙伴们几乎已经绝望了。
• She had despaired of completing her thesis.
  她对完成论文绝望了。
• We create our cities in our minds, sometimes before we ever see them, sometimes after we have despaired of them, from the snippets and stories we have gleaned, the writers we have read.
  我们借助自己拾取收集的信息与传说和我们读过的作者，在头脑中形成自己的城市&有时在我们见到它之前，有时在我们对其感到绝望之后。
• Could Sir Thomas have seen all his niece's feelings, when she wrote her first letter to her aunt, he would not have despaired;
  托马斯爵士若能知道外甥女给姨妈写第一封信时的心情，也就不会感到绝望了。
• Finally, he has despaired, time and time againdisappointedly enable him also not to have the courage to attemptagain again, he was tired.
  最后，他绝望了，一次又一次的失望使他再也没有勇气再去尝试，他累了。
• As he grew up, he thought that he was outside the pale of society, and he despaired of ever re-entering it.
  他成长以后，认为自己是社会以外的人，永远没有进入社会的希望。
• She stood at the corner of Main Street and Washington Avenue and despaired.
  她站立在大街和华盛顿路交叉的街角上，大失所望。
• Most scientists despaired of ever knowing the physical nature of the stars.
  大多数科学对了解恒星的物理性质失去了信心。