despondent
despondent 英 [dɪˈspɒndənt] 美 [dɪˈspɑndənt]
adj. 沮丧的；失望的
- If you are despondent, you are discouraged, very sad, and without hope. If you are depressed, you might describe your mood as despondent.
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- adj. 沮丧的；失望的
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1. When I asked what the American Dream means to them, Mark looked despondent.
当我问到美国梦对他们意味着什么的时候，马克看起来很沮丧。
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2. In the end, the Bolsheviks were to march their starving, despondent, war-weary people into modernity at the point of a gun.
最后，布尔什维克主义者用枪口对准着那些饥饿的、沮丧的、厌战的人们，驱使他们进入现代化。
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3. He was really despondent, which I expected him to be. That’s part of the reason Mitch was good: He was loyal to teams and teammates.
“我很关心，”雷诺兹谈到米奇对交易的消极反应，“他的确很沮丧，而那也是我所期望的，这是他很优秀的有一个证据：他对球队和队友的忠诚。
- despondent (adj.) 1690s, from Latin despondentem (nominative despondens), present participle of despondere (see despondence). Related: Despondently (1670s).
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