| 单词 | despondent |
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| 释义 | de·spon·dent /dɪˈspɒndənt $ dɪˈspɑːn-/ adjective SAD/UNHAPPYextremely unhappy and without hope 沮丧的，绝望的 Gill had been out of work for a year and was getting very despondent. 吉尔失业一年了，开始变得非常消沉。despondent about He was becoming increasingly despondent about the way things were going. 他对事态的发展感到越来越绝望。 —despondency noun [uncountable] —despondently adverbExamples from the Corpusdespondent• And for that reason it was senseless to be despondent.• But none of the Cleveland players appeared despondent.• Despite all its problems the Club had a strong will to succeed and was rarely despondent.• From a distance of two weeks, the initial reaction to defeat also seems unnecessarily despondent.• William exits fairly despondent and heads for the door.• We are more despondent and needy than ever!• Tom Ripley had never really been despondent, though he had often looked it.Origin despondent (1600-1700) Latin despondere “to give up, lose hope”, from spondere “to promise”de·spon·dent adjectiveChineseSyllable without Corpus and unhappy hope extremely |
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