despairing

英 [dɪˈspeərɪŋ]

美 [dɪˈsperɪŋ]

adj.  表示绝望的; 感到绝望的; 没有希望的
v.  绝望; 失去希望; 丧失信心
despair的现在分词

现在分词：despairing　

BNC.14670 / COCA.18626

牛津词典

adj.

• 表示绝望的；感到绝望的；没有希望的
  showing or feeling the loss of all hope
  1. a despairing cry/look/sigh
     绝望的呼声 / 神情 / 叹息
  2. With every day that passed he became ever more despairing.
     随着日子一天天过去，他越来越绝望。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 绝望
  Despairis the feeling that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve.
  1. I looked at my wife in despair...
     我绝望地看着妻子。
  2. ...feelings of despair or inadequacy.
     绝望或无能的感觉
• VERB 感到绝望;失去希望
  If youdespair, you feel that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve.
  1. 'Oh, I despair sometimes,' he says in mock sorrow...
     “啊，我有时会感到绝望，”他假装悲伤地说。
  2. He does despair at much of the press criticism.
     面对媒体的诸多批评他的确感到绝望。
• VERB 对…感到绝望;对…不抱希望
  If youdespair ofsomething, you feel that there is no hope that it will happen or improve. If youdespair ofsomeone, you feel that there is no hope that they will improve.
  1. He wished to earn a living through writing but despaired of doing so.
     他想通过写作来谋生，不过他对此不抱希望。
  2. ...efforts to find homes for people despairing of ever having a roof over their heads...
     为那些对有瓦遮头不再抱有任何希望的人们找到住处的努力
  3. There are signs that many voters have already despaired of politicians.
     有迹象表明许多选民对政客已经不抱希望。

英英释义

adj

• arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
  1. a despairing view of the world situation
  2. the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal
  3. a desperate cry for help
  4. helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether
  5. her desperate screams
  Synonym:desperate

双语例句

• When a despairing traveler in a desert sees a piece of far-away Greenland.
  当一个在沙漠中快要绝望的旅行者看见远方的一片绿地时。
• Recently, a friend showed me her mobile phone, with a despairing sigh.
  最近，一位朋友带着一声绝望的叹息，把她的手机给我看。
• With a despairing glance at her set, she obeyed.
  安米绝望地扫了一眼她的好朋友，屈从了。
• Life was very difficult and I was often quite despairing.
  生活十分困难，我常常感到很绝望。
• Life is too hard, too cruel, and this is the final despairing protest.
  生活太艰难、太残酷，这喊声正是最后绝望的抗议。
• Their work is a despairing metaphor for a society in its death throes
  他们的作品是对一个正在作垂死挣扎的社会的绝望隐喻。
• They have had to wage a continual despairing fight against the rise of prices.
  他们不得不与高涨的物价作长期而灰心的斗争。
• Seen that despairing look on his face which was more open an avowal than any words could be?
  她不是看见他脸上那绝望的表情，那种比任何语言都更有说明问题的表情吗？
• He shut the door, leaned his back against it, and listened to fantine's despairing supplications.
  他关好门，靠在门上，听到了芳汀的哀求。
• Any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing.
  指任何经受得住痛苦而不绝望的能长期忍耐的人。