despair

n

• ① 绝望(←→hope)
  • The failure filled her with despair.那项失败使她充满绝望。
  • He abandoned himself [gave himself up] to despair.他自暴自弃。
  • Defeat after defeat drove him to despair [threw him into despair].一再的失败使他陷于绝望。
  • In her despair, she tried to commit suicide.在绝望中,她试图自杀。

• ②[常作the despair of ...]使人绝望的人或事物
  • She's my despair.我实在拿她没办法;我绝对比不上她。
  • That boy is the despair of his parents.那个男孩使他的父母深感失望。