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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

despair [dɪs'pεər]
  1. 1. noun [u] 绝望
  2. 2. vi. 绝望
    in despair
    绝望地
    to despair of doing sth
    丧失做某事的信心
    to despair at sb/sth
    对某人/某事绝望

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

despair [dɪ 'spεr] [dɪs 'pεə]
  1. 1. vi. 对…绝望，对…丧失信心，对…不抱希望（常与of连用）
  2. 2. vt. [archaic] 对…不寄于希望
  3. 3. noun 绝望，失望，断念
  4. 4. noun 令人失望的人（或物）

Collins English-English Dictionary

despair [dɪ'spεə]
  1. 1. vi. [intr; often foll by of] to lose or give up hope
    I despair of his coming
  2. 2. vt. [tr] [obsolete] to give up hope of; lose hope in
  3. 3. n total loss of hope
  4. 4. n a person or thing that causes hopelessness or for which there is no hope
  5. 5. n [Etymology] C14: from Old French despoir hopelessness, from desperer to despair, from Latin desperare, from de- + sperare to hope
See more results for despair in the Chinese-English Dictionary

Examples

Do not despair; wake up and smell the coffee.
不要绝望，要认清事实。
in the depths of despair/recession/winter
深深陷入绝望/衰退中/在隆冬 → depth
in despair
绝望地 → despair
to despair of doing sth
丧失做某事的信心 → despair
to despair at sb/sth
对某人/某事绝望 → despair
her looks argue despair → argue
I despair of his coming → despair
work drove him to despair → drive
a look of despair → look
the nadir of despair → nadir
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