despair /dɪˈspɛə/ CET4 TEM4 ( despairing, despaired, despairs )

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT Despair is the feeling that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve. 绝望

  例：

  I looked at my wife in despair.

  我绝望地看着妻子。

• 2. 

  V-I If you despair, you feel that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve. 绝望

  例：

  "Oh, I despair sometimes," he says in mock sorrow.

  “哦，我有时会绝望。”他假装悲伤地说。

• 3. 

  V-I If you despair of something, you feel that there is no hope that it will happen or improve. If you despair of someone, you feel that there is no hope that they will improve. 对…绝望

  例：

  He wished to earn a living through writing but despaired of doing so.

  他原想通过写作谋生，但却对此绝望了。