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despondence

/dih-spon-duhn-see/US // dɪˈspɒn dən si //

惆怅,怅然若失,惆怅的心情,抑郁症

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : state of being despondent; depression of spirits from loss of courage or hope; dejection.

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Examples

  • “Nothing changes for gay men,” sighs the writer, his voice now tinged with more despondence than any sort of wit.

  • Mr. Tyrold now sat down, with an air between calmness and despondence, saying, 'And how has this come to pass?'

  • What a world of all feelings, which forbid despondence, lies hoarded in the hearts of the young!

  • Those talks did her good, they set the real Humfrey before her, and braced her to strive against weakness and despondence.

  • From such lonely despondence as she had never known he had lifted her into a new and brighter world.

  • Yet it was not in Alan Fairford's nature to give way to despondence, even when seconded by pain.