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despairingly + verb
副词放在动词前，强调动作中的绝望情绪。
He despairingly shook his head.
他绝望地摇了摇头。
绝望地
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绝望地
with desperation
He despairingly shook his head.
他绝望地摇了摇头。
以绝望的方式；绝望地。
In a despairing manner.
She looked despairingly at the pile of unfinished work on her desk.
她绝望地看着桌上那堆未完成的工作。
He shook his head despairingly when he heard the news.
他听到这个消息时绝望地摇了摇头。
They stared despairingly at the closed door, not knowing what to do next.
他们绝望地盯着关闭的门，不知道下一步该怎么办。
副词放在动词前，强调动作中的绝望情绪。
He despairingly shook his head.
他绝望地摇了摇头。
副词放在动词或动词短语之后，常见于 look、say、sigh 等动词。
She looked despairingly at the ruined house.
她绝望地看着被毁坏的房子。
Not this
He smiled despairing.
Use this
He smiled despairingly.
smile 是动词，应该用副词 despairingly 来修饰，不能用形容词 despairing。
Not this
She shook her head desparingly.
Use this
She shook her head despairingly.
despairingly 由 despair 加 -ingly 构成，拼写应保留 pair，不要因与 desperately 混淆而写成 desparingly。
Not this
They were despairingly in need of help.
Use this
They were desperately in need of help.
despairingly 只表示“绝望地（方式）”，不能表示“非常、迫切地”；表示“极度需要”应用 desperately。
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绝望地看着
She looked despairingly at the broken vase.
她绝望地看着打碎的花瓶。
绝望地叹气
He sighed despairingly when he saw the long queue.
他看到长长的队伍时绝望地叹了口气。
绝望地摇头
The teacher shook her head despairingly at the blank exam papers.
老师看着空白的试卷绝望地摇了摇头。
绝望地凝视
They gazed despairingly at the burning house.
他们绝望地凝视着燃烧的房子。
绝望地问
“What else can we do?” she asked despairingly.
“我们还能做什么？”她绝望地问。
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想象 hope（希望）被绝望取代，他只能 despairingly（绝望地）低头认输。
语域：neutral 常见场景：小说与叙事、书面描述 despairingly 是中性副词，表示“绝望地、带着绝望”，比较常见于书面或文学性描写；日常口语中不常用，通常可说 with despair 或 desperately。
sparingly, daringly, glaringly and caringly rhyme with the stressed -pair- sound /eə/ of despairingly. Surprisingly and increasingly share the -ingly spelling but have different stressed vowels, so they do not rhyme. Do not confuse despairingly with desperately.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.