despair學測 L5KK [dɪˈspɛr] ｜ /dɪˈspɛr/
絕望;毫無希望的心情·喪失希望;絕望
名詞兼動詞，陷入用 fell into
She lost her job and fell into despair; she could not see any hope for the future.
她失去工作後陷入絕望,看不到未來還有任何希望。
一個畫面：抓空後下沉
伸手抓空用力伸手,卻什麼都抓不到
雙腳懸空腳下踩空,找不到踏點
持續下沉身體一直往下墜,停不住
義項
深陷絕望C1noun絕望;毫無希望的心情
After the doctor gave her the bad news, she sat alone in despair.
醫生告知壞消息後,她獨自坐著,滿心絕望。
in despaira sense of despair
放棄希望C1verb喪失希望;絕望
After failing the test three times, he began to despair about his future.
他連續三次考試不及格後,開始對未來感到絕望。
begin to despair
片語
in despair絕望神情 →帶著絕望的心情
sink into despair向下沉沒 →逐漸陷入絕望
the depths of despair深淵絕境 →絕望到了極點
a cry of despair絕望哭喊 →帶著絕望喊出聲
你會不會這樣說？
She could not find any solution to her financial trouble and fell into complete ___. (despair / repair)
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despair
despair 是絕望,repair 是修理,兩字字尾相同但意義不同。
'She fell ___ despair after losing her job.' 空格該填 into 還是 in?
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into
fell into 表示陷入絕望;in despair 指處於絕望中。
字族
desperate 絕望的;不顧一切的・despairingly 絕望地