despair of

基本解釋

I despair of ever finding him again.
我對再找到他已喪失信心。
Now she too would know the old thrill and the old despair of a penny more or less.
如今她也體會到多一便士就激動喜悅、少一便士便痛苦失望的那種人皆有之的心情了。
Teachers sometimes despair of young men, whose educational performance has lagged behind that of young women almost across the board.
教師有時對青年男生有些失望。幾乎在所有的學(xué)科上，這些學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)成績都比不上女生。

"Today,Liberia is a model of successful transition from conflict to post-conflict, from lawlessness to democracy, from despair to hope,"
This is the modern city, not as a scene of fragmentation or despair, but rather a place of ascent and aspiration.
這是一座現(xiàn)代化的城市，并不是破碎或絕望的場景，而是一座在上升的渴望之城。
耶魯公開課 - 現(xiàn)代詩歌課程節(jié)選
But at the same time the Market Revolution is going to bring a certain sense of anxiety, even dread, even despair.
同時市場革命將,帶來某種焦慮,甚至是可怕的和絕望的
耶魯公開課 - 美國內(nèi)戰(zhàn)與重建課程節(jié)選

But I despair of European leaders and their inability to even begin the discussion about how to rebuild opportunity here.
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