| [/dɪˈspeə(r); dɪˋspɛr/] n 用法:
1 [U] state of having lost all hope 失去一切希望; 绝望:
Your stupidity will drive me to (ie make me feel) despair. 你愚蠢得使我寒心. *
He gave up the struggle in despair. 他绝望地放弃了斗争. *
She was overcome by despair. 她已完全绝望. *
his despair of ever seeing his family again 他再也见不到他家里人的绝望心情. 用法:
2 (idm 习语) be the despair of sb make sb give up hope 使某人放弃希望:
Your son is the despair of all his teachers, ie They no longer expect to be able to teach him anything. 你的儿子在所有教师的心目中已毫无希望了. despair 2
v [I, Ipr] ~ (of sb/sth) (fml 文) have lost all hope (esp that sb/sth will improve) 失去全部希望; 绝望:
We've despair of him; he can't keep a job for more than six months. 我们对他已经绝望了, 他做什麽工作都不能超过半年. |