despair of sth/doing sth
表示对某事物或做某事失去希望。
She despaired of ever finding a solution to the problem.
她对找到问题的解决方案感到了绝望。
绝望;失去希望
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绝望;失去希望
to abandon hope; to give up hope; to lose heart
She despaired of ever finding a solution to the problem.
她对找到问题的解决方案感到了绝望。
放弃希望;失去信心
abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart
despair
Base
原形
despairs
3rd person
第三人称单数
despairing
-ing
现在分词
despaired
Past
过去式
despaired
Past participle
过去分词
He despairs of ever finding a solution.
他对找到解决方案感到绝望。
She despaired when she heard the news.
她听到消息时感到绝望。
They have despaired of changing the system.
他们已经对改变制度感到绝望。
规则动词,过去式和过去分词加-ed。
She began to despair after months of unemployment.
失业数月后,她开始感到绝望。
He despaired of ever finding a cure for his illness.
他对找到疾病治愈方法感到绝望了。
They were despairing as the rescue team arrived too late.
救援队来得太晚时,他们正感到绝望。
表示对某事物或做某事失去希望。
She despaired of ever finding a solution to the problem.
她对找到问题的解决方案感到了绝望。
强调对具体事件或状态的绝望情绪。
He despaired at the news of the accident.
他对事故的消息感到绝望。
Not this
He despaired everything after the failure.
Use this
He despaired of everything after the failure.
despair是不及物动词,不能直接接宾语,需要介词of。
Not this
She despaired at her inability to improve.
Use this
She despaired of her inability to improve.
动词despair后常用介词of表示‘对……绝望’,而不是at。
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对(做)某事放弃希望;对…不抱希望
He began to despair of ever finding a job.
他开始对找到工作不抱希望了。
对…感到绝望
Many residents despaired over the rising crime rate.
许多居民对不断上升的犯罪率感到绝望。
因…而感到绝望
She despaired at the lack of progress.
她因为毫无进展而感到绝望。
决不放弃希望
No matter how hard it gets, never despair.
无论多难,决不要放弃希望。
对……失去希望;对……不抱希望
After months of illness, she began to despair of ever recovering.
病了几个月后,她开始对康复不抱希望。
不要绝望;其中一个盗贼得救了。
Saint Augustine used this saying to caution that, no matter how far one has fallen, one should never despair.
圣奥古斯丁用这句话告诫人们,无论堕落得多深,都不应绝望。
绝不要绝望,但如果你绝望了,就带着绝望继续工作。
This aphorism attributed to Edmund Burke is often quoted to remind people that even in desperate times, one should never despair.
这句据传出自埃德蒙·伯格的格言常被引用,提醒人们即使在绝望的时刻,也不应绝望。
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记作 de + spair(联想 spare),连“spare”的一点希望都被去掉,就是绝望。
语域:formal 常见场景:正式演讲、文学写作、新闻报道 despair 作动词时通常用于正式或书面语境,多出现在文学、演讲或报道中;日常口语中更常说 give up hope 或 lose hope。
以上单词均与 despair 押韵,且拼写都以 -air 结尾。注意:spare 和 stare 与它们同音,但拼写为 -are;spear 看起来像 despair 的结尾 -spair,但读 /spɪər/,并不押韵。
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