despair

1. N-UNCOUNT Despair is the feeling that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve. 絕望

I looked at my wife in despair. 我絕望地看著妻子。

2. V-I If you despair, you feel that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve. 絕望

"Oh, I despair sometimes," he says in mock sorrow. “哦，我有時(shí)會(huì)絕望?！彼傺b悲傷地說。

3. V-I If you despair of something, you feel that there is no hope that it will happen or improve. If you despair of someone, you feel that there is no hope that they will improve. 對(duì)…絕望

He wished to earn a living through writing but despaired of doing so. 他原想通過寫作謀生，但卻對(duì)此絕望了。