despair

中英词典：despair

形容词（Adjective）

• despairing：绝望的
• despairful：充满绝望的

名词（Noun）

• despair：绝望
• hopelessness：无望，绝望

词语辨析

despair与hopelessness都表示“绝望”，但despair更加强调内心的抑郁和失望，而hopelessness更加强调对未来的无望和绝望。

词汇扩充

• despairingly：绝望地
• despairingness：绝望（状态）

近义词（Synonyms）

• hopelessness
• dejection
• discouragement
• desolation

反义词（Antonyms）

• hope
• optimism
• encouragement
• hopefulness

柯林斯词典（Collins Dictionary）

despair

noun

1. the feeling that there is no hope and that you can do nothing to improve a difficult or worrying situation
2. someone or something that causes great worry, sadness, or trouble

verb

1. to feel or show despair

牛津词典（Oxford Dictionary）

despair

noun

1. the complete loss or absence of hope

verb

1. lose or be without hope

用法

1. I was filled with despair when I lost my job. (当我失业时，我充满了绝望。)

2. She gazed at the wreckage in despair. (她绝望地凝视着残骸。)

3. He was in despair over his failing health. (他对自己日益恶化的健康状况感到绝望。)

4. Despite their despair, they continued to fight. (尽管绝望，他们仍然继续战斗。)

5. The team's performance was a source of despair for their coach. (团队的表现让教练感到绝望。)

6. She looked into his eyes, searching for a glimmer of hope in the depths of his despair. (她凝视着他的眼睛，在他的绝望深处寻找一线希望。)

7. The news of the accident plunged us into despair. (事故的消息使我们陷入绝望。)

8. We must never give in to despair. (我们绝不能屈服于绝望。)

9. The novel is a powerful exploration of love and despair. (这本小说是对爱和绝望的强大探索。)

10. She found herself in the depths of despair. (她发现自己陷入了绝望的深渊。)

11. His words filled her with a sense of despair. (他的话使她充满了绝望感。)

12. The team's performance was beyond despair. (这个团队的表现已经到了无法绝望的地步。)

13. Their desperate situation left them in a state of despair. (他们绝望的境地使他们处于绝望的状态。)

14. She was on the brink of despair. (她处于绝望的边缘。)

15. The hopeless situation led to a feeling of despair. (无望的情况导致了绝望的感觉。)

16. He looked at his failing business with despair. (他绝望地看着自己日益衰败的生意。)

17. The loss of her loved ones caused her great despair. (失去亲人给她带来了巨大的绝望。)

18. She could see no way out of her despair. (她看不到摆脱绝望的办法。)

19. They clung to each other in despair. (他们绝望地互相依偎着。)

20. The country was plunged into despair after the war. (战后这个国家陷入了绝望。)