Word · Frequency #14735
hopelessnesses
绝望；无望
hopelessnesses is the plural of hopelessness.
the despair felt when one has given up all hope of comfort or success
- 1.
A lack of hope; despair.
无望；绝望。
无望；绝望。；绝望
In use
After months of searching for a job, she felt a deep sense of hopelessness.
He tried to hide his hopelessness with a smile.
The hopelessness of the situation became clear to everyone.
a feeling/sense of hopelessness
hopelessness 常与 a sense/feeling of 搭配，表示一种弥漫的绝望情绪。
She was overwhelmed by a sense of hopelessness.
她被一种绝望感压垮了。
sink into hopelessness
sink into 表示逐渐陷入某种消极状态，常用于 hopelessness、despair 等词。
After losing his job, he slowly sank into hopelessness.
失业后，他慢慢陷入绝望。
hopelessness about/over sth
表示对某事的绝望时，可用 about 或 over 引出对象。
His hopelessness over the future made it hard to act.
他对未来的绝望使他难以行动。
Common mistakes
I feel hopelessness.I feel hopeless.
要表达“我感到绝望”这一状态，feel 用作连系动词，后接形容词 hopeless 作表语。使用名词 hopelessness 会让 feel 变成及物动词，与本意不符，且这种说法不自然。若要用名词，可改为 I feel a sense of hopelessness，但最自然的修正是 I feel hopeless。
His hopelessness to the future is growing.His hopelessness about the future is growing.
“对未来的绝望”中，汉语的“对”不能直译为 to；英语中 hopelessness 后接 about 表示“关于、对于”。该句想表达“对未来的无望情绪”，所以应说 about the future，而不是 to the future。
Connections
Collocations
- feeling of hopelessness
- 绝望感
- He couldn't shake the feeling of hopelessness that followed the failure.他无法摆脱失败后随之而来的绝望感。
- utter hopelessness
- 彻底的绝望
- There was utter hopelessness in her eyes.她的眼中充满了彻底的绝望。
- state of hopelessness
- 绝望状态
- He sank into a state of hopelessness after losing his job.失业后，他陷入了绝望状态。
- overcome hopelessness
- 克服绝望
- Therapy helped her overcome hopelessness.治疗帮助她克服了绝望。
- hopelessness sets in
- 绝望开始蔓延
- Winter brought long nights, and hopelessness began to set in.冬天带来了漫长的夜晚，绝望开始蔓延。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 hope（希望）加上 less（无）变成 hopeless（无望），再加名词尾巴 ness，就是 hopelessness——希望被抽走后的绝望感。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：文学描写、日常倾诉、心理分析 该词为名词，意为“绝望”“无望”。正式与非正式场合都常用，书面语和文学作品中比较常见，日常口语中也可使用，但有时会用“despair”替换。通常用于描述完全放弃希望时的情绪。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都包含后缀 -lessness（读音 /ləsnəs/），但与 hopelessness 并不押韵，因为重读音节的元音不同。注意 hopelessness 中间是 /p/，而 homelessness 中间是 /m/，拼写和读音都相似但不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.