/dɪˈspeə(r) ||; dɪˈspɛr/noun
[U] the state of having lost all hope 完全失去希望;绝望:
I felt like giving up in despair.我感到绝望,很想放弃。 ➔despairingadja despairing cry 绝望的呼叫
☞Look at desperate. 参看desperate。
despair²
/dɪˈspeə(r) ||; dɪˈspɛr/verb
[I] despair (of sb/sth) to lose all hope that sth will happen 完全失望;绝望:
We began to despair of ever finding somewhere to live.我们开始感到绝望,恐怕永远找不到住处了。
despairdespairdespairsdespaireddespairingnoun (no plural)a feeling of not having hope: He was in despair because he had no money and nowhere to live.▶ despairverb (despairs, despairing, despaired): We began to despair of ever finding somewhere to live.