despondency
despondency 英 [dɪ'spɒndənsɪ] 美 [dɪˈspɑndənsi]
n. 泄气；意气消沉
名词复数:despondencies
- Despondency is a sad emotional state — much like depression. If you're in a state of despondency, you're feeling hopeless and super bummed out.
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- n. 泄气；意气消沉
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1. Remain where you are, Catherine,' he said; without any anger in his voice, but with much sorrowful despondency.
“你就待在那儿吧，凯瑟琳，”他说，他的声调毫无怒气，却充满着悲切、沮丧。
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2. After years of despondency about finding a vaccine, or even a cure, for HIV/AIDS, several research groups have reported promising advances.
在找到艾滋病疫苗或治愈方法方面失望多年以后，几个研究组已经报告了一些有希望的进展。
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3. We knew she was really better, and, therefore, decided that long confinement to a single place produced much of this despondency, and it might be partially removed by a change of scene.
我们知道她是真的好些了，因此，确信她是由于长期关闭在一个地方才产生出这种沮丧的情绪，要是换一个地方，也许会消除一些的。
- despondency (n.) 1650s; see despondence + abstract noun suffix -cy.
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