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

• We are optimistic, we shall never become pessimistic or despairing.
  我们决不悲观失望，我们是乐观的。
• 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。
• 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。
• The ending she decided is completely despairing.
  她决定的结局，是彻底的绝望。
• 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。
• Who should feel the despairing pain?
  谁能感觉到那绝望的痛？
• Any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing.
  指任何经受得住痛苦而不绝望的能长期忍耐的人。
• 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！
• 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。