despair
【绝望,沮丧,失望】
despair 是一个 名词 和 动词,表示“绝望,沮丧”。它指的是一种极度的失望和无法看到任何希望的状态。
1. 名词 (noun)
🔹 despair [dɪˈsper] (名词) —— 绝望,沮丧,失望
- 表示完全失去希望的情绪
- After hearing the bad news, she was filled with despair.
(听到坏消息后,她充满了绝望。) - There was a sense of despair in his voice.
(他的话语中充满了绝望的情绪。)
- After hearing the bad news, she was filled with despair.
2. 动词 (verb)
🔹 despair (动词) —— 绝望,丧失信心
- 指放弃希望或信心,陷入绝望
- He despaired when he saw the situation getting worse.
(当他看到情况越来越糟时,他感到绝望。) - Never despair; things will get better.
(永远不要绝望;事情会变得更好。)
- He despaired when he saw the situation getting worse.
3. 常见短语
- in despair:陷入绝望
- The team was in despair after the defeat.
(球队在失败后陷入了绝望。)
- The team was in despair after the defeat.
- despair of:对……感到绝望
- She despaired of ever finding a solution.
(她对永远找不到解决方案感到绝望。)
- She despaired of ever finding a solution.
- fall into despair:陷入绝望
- He fell into despair after losing his job.
(他在失业后陷入了绝望。)
- He fell into despair after losing his job.
4. despair vs. hopelessness vs. discouragement
词汇 | 含义 & 用法 | 例句 |
---|---|---|
despair | 强烈的绝望,指完全失去信心,无法看到希望 | She felt a deep sense of despair after the accident.(事故后,她感到深深的绝望。) |
hopelessness | 与绝望相似,但常常指情感上的长时间的无助感 | The hopelessness of the situation was overwhelming.(局势的无望令人感到压倒性的无助。) |
discouragement | 更侧重于因挑战或困难而产生的沮丧,但仍有希望 | After several failed attempts, he felt great discouragement.(几次失败后,他感到极度沮丧。) |
5. 总结
- despair (名词) = 绝望,完全失去希望的情感
- despair (动词) = 使绝望,放弃希望
- despair 强调的是失去希望,常常是绝对的、强烈的情感反应,hopelessness 更侧重长期的无望感,而 discouragement 则通常包含一种短暂的、能够恢复的情绪。