despair
词语释义
英 [dɪ'speə] 美 [dɪ'spɛr]
n. 绝望；令人绝望的人或事
vi. 绝望，丧失信心
单词分析：
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英英释义
Noun:
"they were rescued from despair at the last minute"
"courage born of desperation"
"one harsh word would send her into the depths of despair"
单词词源
中文词源
despair 绝望
de-, 不，非，使相反。-spair, 希望，词源同speed, prosper. 即没有希望的，绝望。
英语词源
despair
despair: [14] Etymologically, despair is literally ‘lack of hope’. The word comes via Old French desperer from Latin dēspērāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē-, denoting reversal, and spērāre, a derivative of the noun spēs ‘hope’. Its past participle, dēspērātus, produced English desperate [15], from which desperado is a 17th-century mock-Spanish coinage.
=> desperate
despair (n.)
c. 1300, from Anglo-French despeir, Old French despoir, from desperer (see despair (v.)). Replaced native wanhope.
despair (v.)
early 14c., from stem of Old French desperer "be dismayed, lose hope, despair," from Latin desperare "to despair, to lose all hope," from de- "without" (see de-) + sperare "to hope," from spes "hope" (see sperate). Related: Despaired; despairing; despairingly.
词态变化
复数 despairs;
第三人称单数 despairs;
过去式 despaired;
过去分词 despaired;
现在分词 despairing;
权威造句
1. Don't let yourself despair; this will only make matters worse.
不要想不开，这样只能使情况变得更糟。
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2. I would overcome any weakness, any despair, any fear.
我要克服所有的软弱、绝望和恐惧。
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3. As his energy drained away, his despair and worry grew.
当他的精力耗尽时，他的绝望和担心也增加了。
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4. I was in the depths of despair when the baby was sick.
孩子生病时我陷入了绝望的深渊之中。
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5. The night before the test I was overcome by fear and despair.
考试前的晚上，恐惧和绝望让我内心无比惊慌。
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近反义词
n.
discouragement
hopelessness
相似短语
despair of 对…感到绝望
in despair 绝望地
be the despair of 令某人感到绝望
feeling of despair 绝望情绪，绝望情绪
fall into the abyss of despair 陷入绝望的深渊
the despair of my life 使我感到毫无办法的人[事]
be filled with despair 满心绝望,深感绝望
drive sb to despair 使某人陷入绝望
in the depth of despair 在极度的绝望中
fall into despair 陷入绝望