| 词汇 | despaired |
| 释义 | despaired past simple and past participle ofdespair despair verb[ I ] uk /dɪˈspeər/ us /dɪˈsper/ to feel despair about something or someone: 绝望;失去希望 Don't despair! We'll find a way out!不要绝望！我们会找到办法的！ despair at/overI despair at/over the policies of this government.我对该政府的政策感到极度失望。 despair ofThey began to despair of ever being rescued.他们开始对获救失去了希望。 Not hopeful be in a funkidiom be on a hiding to nothingidiom be on the road to nowhereidiom bleak bleakly bleakness dispiritedness dispiritingly doom and gloom doomed doomster downcast gloom hopeless hopelessly hopelessness lose heartidiom merchant unhopeful what are you going to do?idiom Related wordsdespairing despairingly Examples of despaireddespaired In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. I am not the only one who has despaired of explaining away the apparent inconsistency. Though living saints sought to sense pain, suffering laymen who despaired of medical aid invoked the help of dead miracle-working saints. In view of the existing difficulties, one has despaired of the possibility of describing the actual processes by means of differential equations. His acquaintances need not have despaired as much as they seem to have done. While some squatters bemoaned drunken shepherds on their sprees, others despaired of their inability to rise above the squalor of shepherding to become thrifty yeomen farmers, even squatters. Lomonosov despaired of the deplorable neglect he observed in the physics laboratory. I am told that he has almost miraculously managed to raise funds when others of a less optimistic nature might well have despaired. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Returning officers up and down the country despaired at the process. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have always despaired of some teachers who really think that the education system exists for the most able pupils and no one else. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will also distinguish between those who tried and those who simply despaired. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have almost despaired of appealing to them for anything reasonable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have not despaired and will go on and see if there is anything we can do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Trying to devise a national grid for wages is also so difficult that some people have almost despaired of it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then, local authorities were starved of resources and the public despaired of any prospect of improvement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He rather despaired about the particular example he quoted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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