| 单词 | despair |
| 释义 | despair[di'spєə]n. 绝望, 失望vi. 绝望 despair de.spair AHD: [d¹-spâr“] D.J. [d!6spe*]K.K. [d!6spWr]v.intr.（不及物动词） de.spaired,de.spair.ing,de.spairs 1. To lose all hope:绝望：失去全部希望：despaired of reaching shore safely.失去安全到达岸边的希望2. To be overcome by a sense of futility or defeat.断念：被徒劳无功或失败打倒了n.（名词）1. Complete loss of hope.绝望：完全失去希望2. One despaired of or causing despair:使绝望者：使绝望的人或事：unmotivated students that are the despair of their teachers.没有学习动力的学生被老师认为是绝望的人语源:1. Middle English despeiren 中古英语 despeiren 2. from Old French desperer 源自 古法语 desperer 3. from Latin d¶sp¶r³re 源自 拉丁语 d¶sp¶r³re 4. d¶- [de-] d¶- [前缀，表“否定，相反”] 5. sp¶r³re [to hope] * see sp¶- sp¶r³re [希望] *参见 sp¶- 6. N., from Middle English despeir 名词，源自 中古英语 despeir 7. from Anglo-Norman 源自 英法语 8. from Old French desperer [to despair] 源自 古法语 desperer [绝望] 参考词汇:1. despair,hopelessness,desperation,despondency,discouragement2. These nouns denote loss of hope.这些名词都意指丧失希望。3. Despair and hopelessness stress the utter absence of hope and often imply a sense of powerlessness or resignation: Despair 和 hopelessness 强调完全没有希望，并经常暗示一种“无能的、听任摆布”的意思： A spirit of hopelessness pervaded the refugee camp.绝望的情绪笼罩着难民营。4. Desperation is despair that drives a person to take risky, often reckless action: Desperation 是一种驱使人冒险，经常是暴力行动的绝望： “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation” (Henry David Thoreau).“男人们在沉静的绝望中生活” （亨利·戴维·梭罗）。5. Despondency emphasizes depression of spirit resulting from cessation of hope and a belief that continued efforts will fail: Despondency 强调由希望的中止以及一种继续努力，也会徒劳无功的信念导致的精神沮丧： Her despondency arises from her inability to find employment.她之所以意志消沉是因为她无法找到工作。6. Discouragement denotes loss of confidence or courage in the face of obstacles but is the weakest of these terms: Discouragement 是指在面对阻碍时丧失信心或勇气，但在这些词中，它“失望”的程度是最轻的： The farmer experienced moments of discouragement over the failure of his crops. 农夫经受了片刻的对农作物歉收的痛苦 |
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