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

• 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。
• But I'm honestly not in a state of denial. I'm in a state of despairing disbelief!
  但我不仅忠于否认的立场，我还处于令人绝望的怀疑状态！
• Despairing cries from the children.
  孩子们绝望的叫喊。
• 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。
• 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。
• Life is too hard, too cruel, and this is the final despairing protest.
  生活太艰难、太残酷，这喊声正是最后绝望的抗议。
• His eyes were misted, his heart despairing.
  他的眼睛模糊了，内心感到绝望。
• 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。
• Who should feel the despairing pain?
  谁能感觉到那绝望的痛？
• 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。