the complete loss or absence of hope
绝望;无望
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driven to despair ,he throws himself under a train 他陷入绝望,一头撞到了火车底下
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in despair ,I hit the bottle .绝望中,我砸掉了一个瓶子。
lose or be without hope
失去希望;没有希望
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we should not despair 我们不应该失去希望
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he was beginning to despair of ever knowing 他开始放弃了了解这件事的希望
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[as adj.
despairing ]he gave a despairing little shrug .他轻轻耸肩,表示已没有希望。
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be the despair of be the cause of a feeling of hopelessness in (someone else) 使(别人)感到绝望的人(或事)such students can be the despair of conscientious teachers . 这种学生让尽心尽责的老师们感到绝望
"Middle English: the noun via Anglo-Norman French from Old French