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

• Who should feel the despairing pain?
  谁能感觉到那绝望的痛？
• 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。
• She received the news with a despairing sigh.
  她在得知这消息时，发出了绝望的叹息。
• 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。
• 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。
• Of course their similarity is more on their despairing situation and mood than on their class status and virtues.
  当然，这是在二者的绝望处境和绝望心态的共性上，而不是在阶级地位和品质的个性上。
• When we are hard to communicate with lover, we think we are so despairing.
  当我们和父母没办法沟通时，我们觉的悲伤。
• "Oh, Aslan!!" said Edmund and Lucy both together in despairing voices.
  啊呀，阿斯兰！爱德蒙和露茜两人都大失所望地齐声说。
• With a despairing scream the pirate leapt upon Long Tom and precipitated himself into the sea.
  随着一声绝望的嚎叫，斯塔奇跳上了长汤姆大炮，一个倒栽葱，跳进了大海。
• We are optimistic, we shall never become pessimistic or despairing.
  我们决不悲观失望，我们是乐观的。