despair
n
1 [U] state of having lost all hope 失去一切希望; 絕望
Your stupidity will drive me to (ie make me feel) despair. 你愚蠢得使我寒心.
He gave up the struggle in despair. 他絕望地放棄了斗爭.
She was overcome by despair. 她已完全絕望.
his despair of ever seeing his family again 他再也見不到他家里人的絕望心情.
2 (idm 習語) be the despair of sb make sb give up hope 使某人放棄希望
Your son is the despair of all his teachers, ie They no longer expect to be able to teach him anything. 你的兒子在所有教師的心目中已毫無希望了. despair, v [I, Ipr]
~ (of sb/sth) (fml 文) have lost all hope (esp that sb/sth will improve) 失去全部希望; 絕望
We've despair of him; he can't keep a job for more than six months. 我們對他已經絕望了, 他做什麼工作都不能超過半年.