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柯林斯词典

同根词

词根：despair

• adj.

  despairing 感到绝望的；表现绝望的；无望的

• adv.

  despairingly 绝望地；自暴自弃地

• v.

  despairing 绝望；失望（despair的ing形式）

同近义词

• n.绝望；令人绝望的人或事

  hopelessness   /   acedia

• vi.绝望，丧失信心

  throw up one's hands   /   lose heart

同义词辨析

despair dejection desperation 【导航词义：绝望】

despair n. 绝望，无望

例1: Tragically, she took her own life in despair.

不幸的是，她在绝望中自杀了。

例2: To the despair of the manager, the accountant absconded with the money.

让经理绝望的是，会计携款潜逃了。

dejection n. 沮丧，灰心

例1: He walked home in dejection.

他沮丧地走回了家。

例2: Beth showed her dejection at missing the game.

贝丝因错过了这场比赛而垂头丧气。

desperation n. 绝望，拼命

例1: In desperation, they gave up resistance and surrendered.

绝望之际，他们放弃抵抗投降了。

例2: The huge debt drove him to desperation.

巨额债务逼得他铤而走险。

词组短语

1. sweeter than despair 比绝望更甜美 ; 仿佛甜蜜而绝望的回响 ; 比绝望更加甜美 ; 比绝望更甜蜜

2. black despair 大失望

3. Hope and Despair 希望与绝望 ; 唱片名

4. despair of 失望，丧失信心；对…绝望

5. A Lamb in Despair 人肉玩具

6. Disappointment and Despair 失望与绝望 ; 绝望与失望 ; 绝望与绝望

7. Look on in despair 干瞪眼

8. be in despair 绝望地 ; 陷于绝望之中 ; 在绝望中

9. in despair 绝望地，失望地

权威例句

1. They fought with the courage of despair.

他们作殊死搏斗.《现代英汉综合大词典》

2. People are rejecting this constant diet of despair.

人们开始拒绝这种没完没了的绝望情绪。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

3. She had despaired of ever being rescued alive.

她那时对获救生还已经绝望了。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

4. ...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《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

5. '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。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

6. Hard luck, chaps, but don't despair too much.

真不走运，伙计们，不过别太灰心。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

7. I will never forget the despair in her face that night.

我永远忘不了那天晚上她脸上的绝望。

8. The failure drove him into despair.

这次失败使他绝望了.《简明英汉词典》

9. And yet when he awakens, he awakens to a living nightmare of poverty, neglect and despair.

然而,当他醒过来时, 他却回到了贫穷 、 漠然和绝望这一现实噩梦中.《演讲部分》

10. Despair hangs heavy in the stifling air.

绝望的感觉积压在憋闷的空气中。《牛津词典》

11. Your love is an effecticve antidote to despair.

你的爱是治疗绝望的灵丹妙药.《期刊摘选》

12. She felt she had run the gamut of human emotions from joy to despair.

她感到自己尝遍了从喜到悲的人类的一切情感。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

13. As a result, his pessimism is thorough and despairing.

因而他的悲观主义是彻底而绝望的.《期刊摘选》

14. Despair choked her words.

她绝望得说不出话来。《牛津词典》

15. His moods kept changing — now happy, now filled with despair.

他情绪多变——时而高兴, 时而感到绝望.《简明英汉词典》

16. With every day that passed he became ever more despairing.

随着日子一天天过去，他越来越绝望。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

17. He gave up the struggle in despair.

他绝望地放弃了斗争。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

18. As time went on, his ambition to be part of the U.S. Supreme Court faded in a miasma of alcohol and despair.

随着时间的推移，他要跻身美国最高法院的雄心壮志在酒精和绝望中消逝。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

19. In despair he let it alone.

在绝望中，他任其自生自灭。

20. He abandoned himself to despair.

他陷入绝望。《牛津词典》

21. The night before the test I was overcome by fear and despair.

考试的前一晚我被恐惧与绝望困扰着。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

22. Indecisiveness can create enormous spans of wasted time. Indecisiveness procrastination and sows the seeds of despair.

举棋不定会造成持续大量时间被浪费,而犹豫不决导致时机延误,且撒下绝望的种子.《期刊摘选》

23. He gave up the struggle in despair .

他绝望地放弃了斗争。《牛津词典》

24. She flung up her hands in despair.

她绝望地举起双手.《期刊摘选》

25. Those kids are driving me to despair.

那些孩子让我都快绝望了。《牛津词典》

26. Venier caliper, metallic ruler, measuring tape, square, center punch, felt point marker pen.

卡钳, 金属的直尺, 卷尺, 曲尺, 中心冲, 感觉测点作记号钢笔.《期刊摘选》

27. He gave up the attempt in despair.

他在绝望中放弃了这种尝试。《新英汉大辞典》

28. I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair.

我试图把自己从绝望的困境中拉出来。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

29. One harsh word would send her into the depths of despair.

一句严厉的话就会使她陷入极度的绝望之中。《牛津词典》

30. My handwriting was the despair of my teachers.

我的字写得很差，使老师们感到十分失望。《牛津词典》

31. I looked at my wife in despair.

我绝望地看着妻子。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

32. Do not abandon yourself to despair.

不要悲观失望.《现代英汉综合大词典》

33. Here and there, husbands sit in wordless despair.

丈夫们四下坐着，默默无语，非常绝望。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

34. He was then depressed and in despair.

他那时沮丧郁闷,情绪低落.《现代汉英综合大词典》

35. I would overcome any weakness, any despair, any fear.

我要克服所有的软弱、绝望和恐惧。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

36. Don't despair! We'll think of a way out of this.

别灰心！我们会找到出路的。《牛津词典》

37. A feeling of despair came over him as the boat sank deeper in the water.

当船在水中沉得更深时,他感到绝望.《期刊摘选》

38. Eventually, driven to despair, he threw himself under a train.

他被逼得走投无路，最后卧轨自杀。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

39. 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。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

40. A deep sense of despair overwhelmed him.

深深的绝望使他痛苦不堪。《牛津词典》

41. The first round of multilateral trade talks has lurched between hope and despair.

首轮多边贸易谈判在希望与绝望间来回摇摆。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

42. The boy is the despair of his teachers.

这男孩使老师们感到无可救药.《简明英汉词典》

43. This poem runs the gamut of emotions from despair to joy.

这首诗展现了从绝望到喜悦的感情历程.《简明英汉词典》

44. Despair choked her words.

她绝望得说不出话来。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

45. "Oh, I despair sometimes," he says in mock sorrow.

“哦，我有时会绝望。”他假装悲伤地说。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

46. Their work is a despairing metaphor for a society in its death throes

他们的作品是对一个正在作垂死挣扎的社会的绝望隐喻。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

47. It's getting late. We need to get home and check on the children.

天色晚了, 我们得回家去看看孩子.《期刊摘选》

48. Markets swing between elation and despair and we can make money from those moods.

市场在高兴和绝望之间波动,我们则可以在情绪变化中赚钱.《期刊摘选》

49. He gave up this attempt in despair.

他在绝望中放弃了这次尝试。

50. If your answer is "Not well at all", don't despair.

如果你的回答是“一点都不好”，不要绝望。

51. Many more experienced exhaustion, rage and despair.

还有更多的人精疲力竭, 深感暴怒和绝望.《期刊摘选》

52. She uttered a cry of despair.

她发出了绝望的叫声。《牛津词典》

53. They frequently plumb the depths of loneliness, humiliation, and despair.

他们常常陷入孤独、屈辱和绝望的深渊。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

54. The book describes a spiritual journey from despair to happiness.

这本书描述了从绝望到高兴的心理变化过程。《牛津词典》

55. But when it grew darkcolda piercing rain began to fall, she into despair.

可是天渐渐黑冷下来,并开始下起刺骨的雨, 她绝望了.《期刊摘选》

56. He was in the depth of despair.

他处于绝望的深渊。

57. Ellen felt both despair and anger at her mother.

埃伦对她的母亲感到既绝望又生气。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

58. If you are in the depths of despair, you are extremely unhappy.

如果你彻底地失望, 你会十分不开心.《简明英汉词典》

59. I despair of him; he can't keep a job for more than six months.

我对他都绝望了，他做任何工作都超不过半年。《牛津词典》

60. With a despairing cry the woman banged her head against the wall.

随着一声绝望的呼叫,那女人把头往墙上猛撞.《辞典例句》

61. Her mood alternated between happiness and despair.

她一会儿高兴一会儿绝望。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

62. 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。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

63. They'd almost despaired of ever having children.

他们对生孩子几乎不抱任何希望了。《牛津词典》

64. Do not hope without despair, nor despair without hope.

勿抱无绝望的希望, 勿存无希望的绝望.《期刊摘选》

65. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.

朋友们,今天我对你们说, 我们不要陷入绝望而不可自拔.《期刊摘选》

66. "The bread is for grandmother," cried Heidi in despair.

“面包是给奶奶的。”海蒂绝望地喊道。

67. '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。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

68. Scarlett thought in despair: Nothing , no, nothing, she taught me is of any help to me!

思嘉只是绝望地想道: " 没有, 没有, 她的教导对我一点帮助也没有!《飘（部分）》

69. 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。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

70. His mother flung up her hands in despair when the boy failed yet another examination.

当孩子考试又不及格时,母亲感到毫无希望了.《简明英汉词典》

71. Out of sheer despair she at once concocted a reckless scheme.

绝望之余,她想出了一个无可奈何的计策.《辞典例句》

72. I looked at my wife in despair...

我绝望地看着妻子。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

73. 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。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

74. If we can't bring our problems under control, feelings of powerlessness and despair often ensue.

如果我们不能将我们的问题控制住，无能为力和绝望感往往就会随之而来。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

75. She finished what she had to say with a gesture of despair.

她用绝望的姿势结束了她不得不讲的话。《牛津词典》

76. If you couldn't attend either of the concerts and are currently gnashing your teeth at having missed out, don't despair.

如果你两场音乐会都去不了而为此咬牙切齿的话，别绝望。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

77. One harsh word would send her into the depths of despair .

一句严厉的话就会使她陷入极度的绝望之中。《牛津词典》

78. The bandit chief surrendered himself to despair and took his own life.

匪首在绝望中自杀了.《简明英汉词典》

79. Don't let yourself despair; this will only make matters worse.

别让你自己绝望；这样将只会使情况变得更糟。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

80. He was plunged into despair by the terrible news.

这个可怕的消息使他突然陷于绝望之中.《简明英汉词典》

81. 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。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

82. Her face crumpled with despair.

她的面孔皱成一团,满脸绝望的神色.《辞典例句》

83. I was in the depths of despair when the baby was terribly sick every day, and was losing weight.

宝宝每天都病得很重并且体重在下降的时候，我陷入绝望的深处。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

84. She was plunged into the depth of despair.

她陷入了绝望的深渊.《期刊摘选》

85. ...feelings of despair or inadequacy.

绝望或无能的感觉《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

86. Despair is a sign of weakness.

绝望是弱者的标志.《期刊摘选》

87. He looked at the telephone, fighting down first the despair and then the anger.

他看着电话，把绝望和愤怒一一压下。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

88. 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。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

89. Eventually, driven to despair , he threw himself under a train.

他被逼得走投无路，最后卧轨自杀。《牛津词典》

90. Alex was almost speechless with rage and despair.

亚历克斯一时因愤怒和绝望几乎说不出话来。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

实用例句

1. So in this 40-minute interval we've gone sort of through an emotional musical journey here from despair, despondency, uncertainty, to whatever- to personal triumph, and in a way that mirrors some of the things that were going on in Beethoven's life.

在这四十分钟的乐曲里,我们走完了一趟情感丰富的音乐旅程,从消沉沮丧,到半信半疑,再到个人胜利,其实在某种意义上也反映了事实,贝多芬的人生,也将经历相似的历程聆听音乐课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

2. Her looks argue despair.

她一脸绝望。

3. Christ was born into the Pagan world of Rome, a world of cyclical despair.

FORBES: Christmas, Kurtosis, Fat Tails, Black Swans and Risk Management

4. We assume that only a person ensnared in deep despair could do such a thing.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The War on Terrorism Americas War and Israels

5. And indeed you know falling into despair is sometimes a c .... comfortable option.

BBC: Rocky times

6. If the surprises are too great, then they induce overstrain and we throw away the book in frustration and despair.

如果令人惊讶之处过多，则会导致读者过劳,最后因失望或绝望而抛开它。文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

7. Residents in the area are in despair.

VOA : standard.2009.10.03

8. I am at the point of believing," he says, "that my labor will be as useless as the commonwealth of Plato," he says in a moment of sort of uncharacteristic despair, "will be as useless as the commonwealth of Plato."

我就快相信，自己所做的这一切都将是无用功,就像柏拉图所建立的理想国一样,他曾异常绝望地这样说，就像柏拉图的理想国一样毫无意义“政治哲学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

9. Brains and Souls, Not Mouths From that point on Simon saw possibilities instead of despair.

FORBES: The Upside Of Optimism

10. But the Navajo homeland is harsh country, where it's hard to find good-paying jobs and all too easy to fall sway to alcoholism and despair.

VOA : standard.2010.03.22

11. They're in the urgency of yearning and despair that the song and Toto's loss convey.

WSJ: Nowhere Near the Rainbow

12. Some of the Israelites despair, and they want to surrender.

有的犹太人绝望了，想投降。旧约导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

13. a horse that has been the despair of three trainers

一匹让三个驯马师都很头疼的马

14. Surrounded--Surrounding--To complete a mechanical metaphor that would have led Descartes to despair-- Thank you, Koleen.

这也是个可以让笛卡尔绝望的,机械性隐喻,谢谢你,柯琳心理学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

15. The "terrorist Assad regime" wishes to push Syrians "to the brink of despair, " it said.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

16. Relegation from the football league would sink the club into the depths of despair.

BBC: Swans colourful history

17. The despair that victims experience can all too quickly consume them and destroy their lives.

CNN: The dark side of social media: A new way to rape

18. For all his despair at the state of the world, Mr. Springsteen doesn't lose faith.

WSJ: Bruce Springsteen | Wrecking Ball | The Working Man's Voice | By Jim Fusilli

19. It also requires changing the conditions that breed resentment and allow extremists to prey on despair.

NPR: Text of Bush's State of the Union Address

20. "Today,Liberia is a model of successful transition from conflict to post-conflict, from lawlessness to democracy, from despair to hope,"

VOA : standard.2009.08.14

21. This is the modern city, not as a scene of fragmentation or despair, but rather a place of ascent and aspiration.

这是一座现代化的城市，并不是破碎或绝望的场景，而是一座在上升的渴望之城。现代诗歌课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

22. It says Christmas can be a time of despair for those with eating disorders.

BBC: Surviving the big day

23. Plato's desire for a kind of radical makeover, of Athenian and Greek political institutions and cultures, grew out of his experience of political defeat and despair.

柏拉图想要彻底改变，雅典及希腊,政治制度及文化的欲望，来自他的,政治挫折及失望。政治哲学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

24. Faith-based groups are bringing hope to pockets of despair, with newfound support from the Federal Government.

NPR: Text of Bush's State of the Union Address

25. We wanted to convey a message to poor and illiterate families in despair: searching for family?

FORBES: Uniting Refugees in an Unconventional Way: Lessons Learned

26. I cannot live with you, It would be life, And life is over there Behind the shelf So we must keep apart, You there,I here, With just the door ajar That oceans are,And prayer, And that pale sustenance,Despair!

VOA : special.2010.07.18

27. Indeed, since April 1, 115, 000 former workers have fled the work force in hopelessness and despair.

FORBES: Magazine Article

28. No reasonable person can imagine how despair could possibly lead to premeditated mass homicide.

CNN: The overwhelming maleness of mass homicide

29. She looked at her with wild eyes, her face eaten away by who knows what despair.

NEWYORKER: The Stolen Pigeons

30. For some reason, however, he was in despair when he returned home that night.

NPR: Literature and Lullabies from the 'Axis of Evil'

31. She must have a robust constitution, he thought, immune to colds and despair, unsentimentally surviving.

NEWYORKER: The Valetudinarian

32. And I thought that really hurt the film, because it completely changed the tone sort of a bumpy and abrupt and the end In the scene with his aunt, she's overcome with despair.

我觉得它的出现毁了整部影片，因为它彻底改变了影片的基调,使结局显得唐突又自相矛盾,当镜头转到姨妈时，她正努力克服绝望的心情。电影哲学课程节选 : 麻省理工公开课

33. So don't be--don't despair if you don't initially land on the tonic here.

所以如果你不能一次找到主音也不要，，不必绝望。聆听音乐课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

34. It's a lush and breathless mix with extreme mood swings, from boundless joy to utter despair.

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35. The International Organization for Migration says most of Iraq's more than 1.5 million internally displaced people are caught in a vicious cycle of despair.

VOA : standard.2009.10.04

36. Its force commander, an experienced Spaniard, has resigned in despair seven weeks after taking over.

ECONOMIST: Congo

37. And then Jade committed to Xavier, a university that likewise refused to succumb to despair.

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38. In despair, they decided to sell up.

在绝望之中，他们决定卖掉全部财产。

39. But a year after the launch of its "foreign ministry", though, the despair is palpable.

ECONOMIST: European politics

40. But hunger and despair could make the poorer, blacker eastern provinces a political flashpoint.

ECONOMIST: Fidel, the church and capitalism

41. Don't despair!

不要绝望！

42. "There's a real sense of despair, even among the ones who are better off, " Abiola says.

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43. But at the same time the Market Revolution is going to bring a certain sense of anxiety, even dread, even despair.

同时市场革命将,带来某种焦虑,甚至是可怕的和绝望的美国内战与重建课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

44. Yet, in many respects, if the Republic was the result of comprehensive despair and disillusionment with the prospects of reform, the dialogue itself points back to an earlier moment in Plato's life and the life of the city of Athens.

从很多方面看来，如果《理想国》,是对改革前景,全面失望与醒悟的结果，则对话本身便指明了,柏拉图的早年生活,以及雅典的早期生活。政治哲学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

45. She was brought to despair after being forced to skivvy for her husband's entire family.

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46. Should I despair at the fact that I'm going to die?

我应该对于我会死去这个事实感到绝望吗？死亡课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

47. The history of the multilateral trading system is littered with rows, hiatuses, disillusion, despair and sudden success.

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48. They were wandering in the forests and he was in despair, having lost everything.

他们在森林里流浪,那勒陷入绝望,他失去了一切金融市场课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

49. But that isn't a reason to despair that elections have happened in the Middle East.

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50. He said many people are feeling doubt, even despair,about the future.

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51. It portrays equal parts of hope and despair depicting people getting ready for their workdays.

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52. That movie is an expression of philosophical despair: the truth can never be known.

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53. Mind you, he ascribes to authorial intention the most amazingly outrageous things that other critics threw up their hands in despair about, but nevertheless it is for him always still an appeal to authorial intention.

他认为写作意图,十分重要,但是被其他批评家忽视了，但是写作意图,十分吸引他。文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

54. The hopelessness and despair that is engulfing fans of the Mets today will only be temporary.

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55. The football team was plunged into despair.

足球队陷入绝望之中。

56. He wants to find a way to not so much redeem as affirm time and age and understand them not simply as a cause of despair or as a cause of defeat.

他想找到一种方式，不是去挽回,时间或年龄，而是承认它们,不将其仅仅理解为绝望或失败的原因。现代诗歌课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课