despair

单词辨析:

despair dejection desperation 【导航词义:绝望】
despair n. 绝望,无望
〔辨析〕

指完全失去希望和信心的感觉。

〔例证〕

Tragically, she took her own life in despair.

不幸的是,她在绝望中自杀了。

To the despair of the manager, the accountant absconded with the money.

让经理绝望的是,会计携款潜逃了。

dejection n. 沮丧,灰心
〔辨析〕

指灰心失望、沮丧气馁的心理状态。

〔例证〕

He walked home in dejection.

他沮丧地走回了家。

Beth showed her dejection at missing the game.

贝丝因错过了这场比赛而垂头丧气。

desperation n. 绝望,拼命
〔辨析〕

指丧失一切希望、走投无路的状态。

〔例证〕

In desperation, they gave up resistance and surrendered.

绝望之际,他们放弃抵抗投降了。

The huge debt drove him to desperation.

巨额债务逼得他铤而走险。

相关例句:

People are rejecting this constant diet of despair.

人们开始拒绝这种没完没了的绝望情绪。

The overpowering despair that he'd fought so hard to keep at bay washed through the boy.

一直极力压制的绝望情绪终于将男孩击垮了。

Ellen felt both despair and anger at her mother.

埃伦对她的母亲感到既绝望又生气。

Hard luck, chaps, but don't despair too much.

真不走运,伙计们,不过别太灰心。

I was in the depths of despair when the baby was sick.

孩子生病时我陷入了绝望的深渊之中。

I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair.

我试图从绝望的困境中走出来。