despair, desperation, depression, disappointment

名詞 despair:

1. a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly
   同義詞：desperation
2. the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well

動詞 despair:

1. abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart

1. He has been in the abyss of despair.
   他已陷入絕望的深淵。
2. A person is most disappointed when he is in despair.
   一個(gè)人在絕望時(shí)最失望。
3. Trying to keep this garden in order is the despair of my life.
   把這個(gè)花園管理好是我力不能及的事。
4. He gave up the attempt in despair.
   他絕望之下放棄了嘗試。

de.spair

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
de.spaired,de.spair.ing,de.spairs
To lose all hope:
絕望：失去全部希望：
例句：
despaired of reaching shore safely.
失去安全到達(dá)岸邊的希望

To be overcome by a sense of futility or defeat.
斷念：被徒勞無功或失敗打倒了
n.（名詞）
Complete loss of hope.
絕望：完全失去希望
One despaired of or causing despair:
使絕望者：使絕望的人或事：
例句：
unmotivated students that are the despair of their teachers.
沒有學(xué)習(xí)動力的學(xué)生被老師認(rèn)為是絕望的人

來源：
Middle English despeiren
中古英語 despeiren
from Old French desperer
源自 古法語 desperer
from Latin dôspôr3re
源自 拉丁語 dôspôr3re
dô- [de-]
dô- [前綴，表.否定，相反.]
spôr3re [to hope] * see spô-
spôr3re [希望] *參見 spô-
N., from Middle English despeir
名詞，源自 中古英語 despeir
from Anglo-Norman
源自 英法語
from Old French desperer [to despair]
源自 古法語 desperer [絕望]

<參考詞匯><同義詞>despair,hopelessness,desperation,despondency,discouragementThese nouns denote loss of hope.
這些名詞都意指喪失希望。
Despair and hopelessness stress the utter absence of hope and often imply a sense of powerlessness or resignation:
Despair 和 hopelessness 強(qiáng)調(diào)完全沒有希望，并經(jīng)常暗示一種.無能的、聽任擺布.的意思：
例句：
When the bank repossessed the house, their depression turned to despair.
當(dāng)銀行收回房子時(shí)，他們的沮喪變成了絕望。

例句：
A spirit of hopelessness pervaded the refugee camp.
絕望的情緒籠罩著難民營。

Desperation is despair that drives a person to take risky, often reckless action:
Desperation 是一種驅(qū)使人冒險(xiǎn)，經(jīng)常是暴力行動的絕望：
例句：
.The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. (Henry David Thoreau).
.男人們在沉靜的絕望中生活. （亨利·戴維·梭羅）。

Despondency emphasizes depression of spirit resulting from cessation of hope and a belief that continued efforts will fail:
Despondency 強(qiáng)調(diào)由希望的中止以及一種繼續(xù)努力，也會徒勞無功的信念導(dǎo)致的精神沮喪：
例句：
Her despondency arises from her inability to find employment.
她之所以意志消沉是因?yàn)樗裏o法找到工作。

Discouragement denotes loss of confidence or courage in the face of obstacles but is the weakest of these terms:
Discouragement 是指在面對阻礙時(shí)喪失信心或勇氣，但在這些詞中，它.失望.的程度是最輕的：
例句：
The farmer experienced moments of discouragement over the failure of his crops.
農(nóng)夫經(jīng)受了片刻的對農(nóng)作物歉收的痛苦