英英單字圖文記憶(055)
despair [dɪˋspɛr]:
Despair is the feeling that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve.
分解:前綴de = not;字根spair = hope。分析:”沒有希望” = 絕望。
Disappointed but not despair - The dog is waiting outside the church for its owner:
失望但不絕望 - 在教堂外守候主人的忠狗。
I looked at my wife in despair.
我绝望地看着妻子。