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

• With a despairing cry the woman banged her head against the wall.
  都结束了，只是呼喊声不绝。随着一声绝望的呼叫，那女人把头往墙上猛撞。
• Despairing cries from the children.
  孩子们绝望的叫喊。
• I struggle to express their weak and despairing eyes in my works.
  我极力想在作品中表现出那种已经无力绝望的眼神。
• 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。
• By this time Ifound my strength gone, and wan despairing of my life, when happily a wave threw me against an island.
  在这个时候我觉得我的气力都失去了，并且我的生命也失望了，但当时很侥幸的一个浪将我冲到一个岛上。
• But I was casually have chosen very sluggishly the day which these completely ignoranted, sent out in this is despairing in the smell life to drift about has lost the direction.
  但我还是很懒散地随便选择了这些茫然无知的日子，在这散发着绝望气味的生活中飘泊迷失了方向。
• 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？
• One day as he was sitting unhappy in the white castle, a thing occurred that kindled a spark of hope in his despairing mind.
  有一天，他正闷闷不乐地坐在白色城堡时，发生了一件事，使他那绝望的心灵燃起了希望的火花。