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

• His eyes were misted, his heart despairing.
  他的眼睛模糊了，内心感到绝望。
• 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。
• 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。
• Hope is so close to you at this despairing desert.
  在最绝望的地方希望离的原来是那么近！
• Who should feel the despairing pain?
  谁能感觉到那绝望的痛？
• 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。
• 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。
• I thought it was going to be difficult. It's fucking impossible, said one despairing trader.
  一位绝望的交易员说：我认为会很困难，这他妈的根本不可能。
• 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。
• She received the news with a despairing sigh.
  她在得知这消息时，发出了绝望的叹息。