despondent

英 [dɪˈspɒndənt]

美 [dɪˈspɑːndənt]

adj.  苦恼的; 沮丧的; 泄气的; 失望的

GRE

BNC.18735 / COCA.18930

牛津词典

adj.

• 苦恼的；沮丧的；泄气的；失望的
  sad, without much hope
  1. She was becoming increasingly despondent about the way things were going.
     她对情况的发展越来越失望。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 沮丧的;泄气的;失望的
  If you aredespondent, you are very unhappy because you have been experiencing difficulties that you think you will not be able to overcome.
  1. I feel despondent when my work is rejected.
     作品被拒后我感到很沮丧。

英英释义

adj

• without or almost without hope
  1. despondent about his failure
  2. too heartsick to fight back
  Synonym:heartsick

双语例句

• The players were despondent at losing the game.
  运动员们输掉了比赛而心情沮丧。
• When I get despondent my roommate cheer me up.
  当我沮丧时，我的室友给我鼓励。
• The medical research discovery, gets angry, is despondent, is intense.
  医学研究发现，发怒、抑郁、紧张。
• I used to repeat ecstatically, "I am not dumb now." I could not be despondent while I anticipated the delight of talking to my mother and reading her responses from her lips.
  我常常出神地重复着一句话：我不再哑了。可以预见，我会同母亲快乐地交谈，我可以通过摸她的嘴唇来读懂她的话，我不会再感到沮丧失望了。
• I told him not to be despondent.
  我告诉他不要气馁。
• I feel despondent when my work is rejected.
  作品被拒后我感到很沮丧。
• No one will be attracted to a gloomy pessimist. a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity.
  没有人会理会一个忧郁的悲观者。一种悲观和沮丧的心理状态。
• A good way to get despondent is to look at Ukrainian statistics.
  看了乌克兰的统计数据就知道什么是沮丧的感觉。
• Japan a despondent country with a dysfunctional political system badly needs change.
  日本这个带有非正常政治体系而沮丧中的国家急切需要变革。
• Despondent about his failure; too heartsick to fight back.
  对自己的失败感到沮丧；太绝望了，无法回击。