英:[dɪ'spɒndənsɪ]
美:[dɪˈspɑndənsi]
英:[dɪ'spɒndənsɪ]
美:[dɪˈspɑndənsi]
de·spond·en·cy
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despondence (n.)
词根:despond
adv.despondently 意志消沉地;沮丧地
n.despond 失去勇气;失望
despondence 沮丧;悲观;失望(等于despondency)
vi.despond 失去勇气;沮丧
"绝望的状态",1650年代; 参见 despondence + 抽象名词后缀 -cy。
see despond >entry 1
The first known use of despondency was in 1653
dessertnoun
a course of usually sweet food, fruit, or cheese usually served at the end of a meal
dessertnoun
a course of usually sweet food, fruit, or cheese usually served at the end of a meal
despotismnoun
rule by a despot : tyranny
a state or a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power
despotnoun
a ruler with absolute power and authority
a person who uses power in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way
despondverb
to become discouraged
despondentadjective
feeling quite discouraged or depressed : being in very low spirits
despondentadjective
feeling quite discouraged or depressed : being in very low spirits
despondencynoun
the state of being despondent : dejection, discouragement
1 But there is also a dark, brooding humor that leavens the despondency.
2 Remain where you are, Catherine,' he said; without any anger in his voice, but with much sorrowful despondency.
“你就待在那儿吧,凯瑟琳,”他说,他的声调毫无怒气,却充满着悲切、沮丧。
3 The Allies set up their own "black radio" stations to spread despondency in enemy territory.
同盟国也有创办“黑市电台”,在敌区散播绝望情绪。
4 Such is the despondency from which I have always painfully struggled to get free.
我痛苦地奋力想摆脱的就是这种沮丧。
5 His heart now leapt with excitement, now sank into a torpor of despondency.
他的心忽而卜卜地跳得很兴奋, 忽而又像死了似的一动不动.
6 Finally, broke, worn out, and in a fit of despondency, he threw himself into a river and drowned.
最后,他破产了、筋疲力尽了,一时的绝望之下,他投河自尽。
7 Yet he continued to look to others to help wrench him from his despondency, believing that a rescuer would one day emerge.
8 How come so many emojis showcased cheeriness and buoyancy, and hardly any were designed to reflect the important emotions of malaise, gloom and despondency?
9 None of these thoughts are expressed in words, but thanks to Ben’s impeccable performance, Meena brings even these complex ideas to life through her silent despondency and her yearning for human decency.
10 The concluding chapters depict a cabinet enveloped in despondency that Brown is leading to an awful defeat.
11 But if these characters have sunk into a slough of despondency, Prose never leaves them there.
12 As the days crept by, more and more people shook off their despondency and began to rebuild their homes and businesses.
13 Despondency began to creep over their hearts.
沮丧的情绪爬上他们的心头。
14 Worse yet, he often sated his despondency with drink.
15 Despondency had come upon her there in the wakeful night, and had never lifted.
在那不眠之夜,绝望淹上心头,再未离她而去。
16 It was the last expression of the despondency of a broken spirit.
这是一颗破碎的心完全沮丧的最后表示.
17 " To collect what's left over ,'smiled Wu Sun - fu , his look of despondency vanishing abruptly.
“ 叫他回去收集残余, 都调到上海来.
18 He slipped into despondency, dragging himself in from the junkyard each night, silent and heavy.
19 But people also turned inward to their private joys and tragedies to escape the pervasive fear and despondency.
20 As a last-ditch effort to save their Christmas from Gene's despondency, the Belchers try to rerecord the album themselves, which doesn't work until Gene gets a trippy vision from Percy McTinsel-bud (Dana Snyder).
1 失望
disappointed despondent sell regret frustration disappointment gloom chagrin let-down swizz body-blow disappoint one's jaw drops have a thin time
2 绝望
desperate hopeless desolate heartbroken forlorn joyless heartsick despair desperation the shipwreck of hopes
3 沮丧
die-away blue depressed frustrated prostrate dejected glum discouraged cheerless dispirited spiritless downhearted desponding sackless chapfallen dumpish mournfully dejectedly despondently depression chill blues discouragement prostration dejection blueness abjection sink wilt despond freeze dash discourage damp dampen depress dishearten unnerve dispirit deject blue devils give the pip pour cold water on pour cold water over throw cold water on throw cold water over black dog cold feet melancholy gloomy depressive despondent broody downcast heartsick frustration disappointment let-down frustrate flatten lose courage down in the mouth down blah Funk prick gloom vexation comedown megrim mopery dumps mope low spirits be cast down browned-off Down emotional broken dismal sombre choked dismally gloomily dispiritedly sombrely sombreness cast down low heavy poor seedy melancholic droopy heavy-hearted low-spirited oppression dismay hypochondria dish disappoint deter demoralize look down out of spirits lose spirits out of heart take the starch out of under hatches look blue beat disappointed beaten drowning sunken somber inconsolable crestfallen doomy chopfallen amort mulligrubs horror funk hump letdown tailspin disspirit collapse rive in the suds hang lip for a loss