despair是什么意思_despair怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

a state in which all hope is lost or absent;"in the depths of despair"
"they were rescued from despair at the last minute"
"courage born of desperation"

the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well;"they moaned in despair and dismay"
"one harsh word would send her into the depths of despair"

Verb:

abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart;"Don"t despair--help is on the way!"

中英词源

despair 绝望www.wenTiYI.cOm

de-, 不，非，使相反。-spair, 希望，词源同speed, prosper. 即没有希望的，绝望。

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.

词态变化

复数 despairs;
第三人称单数 despairs;
过去式 despaired;
过去分词 despaired;
现在分词 despairing;

权威造句

1. Don"t let yourself despair; this will only make matters worse.: 不要想不开，这样只能使情况变得更糟。

2. I would overcome any weakness, any despair, any fear.: 我要克服所有的软弱、绝望和恐惧。

3. As his energy drained away, his despair and worry grew.: 当他的精力耗尽时，他的绝望和担心也增加了。

4. I was in the depths of despair when the baby was sick.: 孩子生病时我陷入了绝望的深渊之中。

5. The night before the test I was overcome by fear and despair.: 考试前的晚上，恐惧和绝望让我内心无比惊慌。

近反义词

discouragement

hopelessness

相似短语

despair of 对…感到绝望

in despair 绝望地

be the despair of 令某人感到绝望

feeling of despair 绝望情绪，绝望情绪

fall into the abyss of despair 陷入绝望的深渊

the despair of my life 使我感到毫无办法的人[事]

be filled with despair 满心绝望,深感绝望

drive sb to despair 使某人陷入绝望

in the depth of despair 在极度的绝望中

fall into despair 陷入绝望

单词分析

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