despondent

英 [dɪ'spɒndənt] 美 [dɪ'spɑːndənt]

adj.失望的；沮丧的；没有精神的

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◉Usage Examples

(1) Each time I get despondent,my father will cheer me up.

(2) He is despondent over his illness.

(1) 我每次失望时，父亲总给我打气。

(2) 他对自己的病情感到灰心沮丧。

◉Usage notes

If you are despondent, you are discouraged, very sad, and without hope. If you are depressed, you might describe your mood as despondent.

This adjective is often followed by over or about: He was despondent over the loss of his job. If you want a noun, use the words despondency or despondence. The adjective despondent is from Latin despondens, from despondere "to lose courage, give up," from the prefix de- "from" plus spondere "to promise." The Latin words originally referred to promising a woman in marriage.

◉Collins

1. [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]沮丧的；泄气的；失望的 If you are despondent, 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。

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② Despondently, I went back and told Bill the news.

我深感泄气地回去把这消息告诉了比尔。

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③ He was becoming increasingly despondent about the way things were going.

他对事态的发展感到越来越绝望。