喜樂美語

Picture the moment a person's hands let go. It is not just sadness — it is letting go of the thought that trying again might help. Hope is what holds someone up; despair is the weight that arrives once that support gives way, when nothing you or anyone else does looks like it could change things.

可以想成手鬆開的那一刻：不只是難過，而是連「再試一次也許有用」這個念頭都放掉了。希望本來是撐著人往前的那根東西，despair 就是那根東西斷掉之後整個人沉下來的重量——不是事情很糟，而是連做什麼都覺得沒用了。

Two branches

撐著的希望斷掉了

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hopelessness · noun · B2

The heavy feeling you have when you believe there is no hope at all — that nothing you or anyone else does can make a bad situation better.

絕望

讓身邊的人拿他沒辦法

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be the despair of somebody · noun · C1

Used in 'be the despair of somebody': to make someone feel very worried, upset, or unhappy, usually because you keep doing something they wish you would change.

令人頭痛

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

過去式 despaired過去分詞 despaired-ing despairing三單 despairs

意思相近

hopelessnessdesperationmiserygloomdespondencygive up hopelose heartlose hopedespondheadachetrialburden

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

despairverb/dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)/

  • 1

    obsoleteTo give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.

    • I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted.
    • I sometimes despair of getting anything quite simple and honest done in this world by the help of men.
  • 2

    To cause to despair.

    • Thinking of what I was despairing about despaired me further
  • 3

    To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.

    • We despaired even of life.

despairnoun/dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)/

  • 1

    Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.

    • He turned around in despair, aware that he was not going to survive.
    • My daughter's behavior drives me to despair.
  • 2

    That which causes despair.

  • 3

    That which is despaired of.

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