1.Yet Iyer retains a lightness of spirit so different from Greene's dark "slough of despond" that the two bring to mind John Milton's pair of contrasting poems "L'Allegro" and "Il Penseroso."
英:[dɪˈspɒnd]
美:[dɪˈspɑnd]
de·spond
dih spand
desponds, desponding, desponded
despondingly (adv.)
词根:despond
adj.despondent 沮丧的;失望的
adv.despondently 意志消沉地;沮丧地
n.despondency 泄气;意气消沉
despondence 沮丧;悲观;失望(等于despondency)
Verb
1. lose confidence or hope; become dejected;
"The supporters of the Presidential candidate desponded when they learned the early results of the election"
black dog, get cold feet
sell, disappointment
1650年代,意为“失去信心、决心或希望”,源自拉丁语 despondere,意为“放弃、失去、失去信心、辞职; 许诺婚姻”,从 de “离开”(见 de-)和 spondere “许诺”(见 sponsor(n.))构成,从词源上讲是“承诺放弃某物”,相关词汇: Desponding; despondingly。
Verb Latin despondēre, from de- + spondēre to promise solemnly — more at spouse
The first known use of despond was in 1655
dessertnoun
a course of usually sweet food, fruit, or cheese usually served at the end of a meal
dessertnoun
a course of usually sweet food, fruit, or cheese usually served at the end of a meal
despotismnoun
rule by a despot : tyranny
a state or a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power
despotnoun
a ruler with absolute power and authority
a person who uses power in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way
despondverb
to become discouraged
despondentadjective
feeling quite discouraged or depressed : being in very low spirits
despondentadjective
feeling quite discouraged or depressed : being in very low spirits
despondencynoun
the state of being despondent : dejection, discouragement
despondverb
to become discouraged
1.Yet Iyer retains a lightness of spirit so different from Greene's dark "slough of despond" that the two bring to mind John Milton's pair of contrasting poems "L'Allegro" and "Il Penseroso."
2.The slough of Mardenborough's despond comes towards the end of the film when a crash at the Nürburgring results in the death of a spectator.
3.But even by their usual gloomy standards, Britons seem to have got themselves into a slough of despond of late.
但即便依据英国人正常的悲观标准的话,最近英国人似乎陷入了绝望的境地。
4.At that time the country was in the slough of despond.
当时该国陷入深深的绝望之中.
5."Seeing people as statistics I think leads into the swamp of mediocrity and despond."
6.We must do something to save him from the slough of Despond.
我们必须得做点什么,让他不再绝望。
7.She could have been trying to encourage a patient who threatened to despond.
她像是在鼓励一位眼看就要垂头丧气的病人。
8.She was not alone in her despond, though.
9.The outward show of fight masked a spreading inner despond at the White House ( Newsweek )
白宫外在的战斗精神掩盖了内在日益扩散的绝望情绪 ( 新闻周刊 )
10.President will lift America out of its despond, but on present trend no one should count on it.
11.She could have been trying to encourage a patient who threatened to despond.
她像是在鼓励一位眼看就要垂头丧气的病人。
12.Her voice sank into a dreary drone of despond.
13.Perhaps that was the source of her lingering despond: self-doubt, at 33, after 15 years climbing then conquering the mountain to greatness.
14.He was sinking into the Slough of Despond.
他那时正陷入极度沮丧的状态。
15.Don’t despond when you seem to fail in your first and most direct endeavour.
16.Once you despond (respond?) to the above questions, we will decide Which option we would like to pursue.
你们对上述问题回复后,我们立即决定我们会选择哪个方案。
17.It’s great for the elite and has done a lot of good for emerging nations, but that valley of despond is very real.
18.But don't despond: Your current trusty emailing device has a few tricks up its sleeve that you may not know about.
不过不要沮丧,你手上的这款可靠的电邮设备有一些“秘技”也许你还并不知晓。
19.“This is what it is to live,” he cried; “now I enjoy existence! But you, my dear Frankenstein, wherefore are you desponding and sorrowful!”
20.He sat desponding on the threshold of the door and gazed bleakly over the dried and hardened fields from which every particle of anything which could be called food or fuel had been plucked.
blue devils
slough of despond