desperation

单词辨析:

despair dejection desperation 【导航词义:绝望】
despair n. 绝望,无望
〔辨析〕

指完全失去希望和信心的感觉。

〔例证〕

Tragically, she took her own life in despair.

不幸的是,她在绝望中自杀了。

To the despair of the manager, the accountant absconded with the money.

让经理绝望的是,会计携款潜逃了。

dejection n. 沮丧,灰心
〔辨析〕

指灰心失望、沮丧气馁的心理状态。

〔例证〕

He walked home in dejection.

他沮丧地走回了家。

Beth showed her dejection at missing the game.

贝丝因错过了这场比赛而垂头丧气。

desperation n. 绝望,拼命
〔辨析〕

指丧失一切希望、走投无路的状态。

〔例证〕

In desperation, they gave up resistance and surrendered.

绝望之际,他们放弃抵抗投降了。

The huge debt drove him to desperation.

巨额债务逼得他铤而走险。

相关例句:

Why, you can smell my desperation, right?

为什么?你能感觉出我的绝望,对吧?

These uprisings come from desperation and a vista of a future without hope.

发生这些暴动是因为人们被逼上了绝路,未来看不到一点儿希望。

Frustration, anger and desperation have led to a series of wildcat strikes.

挫败感、愤怒和绝望引起了一系列自发性的罢工。

In desperation they resorted to violence.

走投无路中,他们采取了暴力。

He wept shamelessly, almost breaking his fingers with desperation, but he could not break her down.

他毫不害臊地哭了起来,在绝望中差点儿扭断了手指,可是无法动摇她的决心。

I've seen the chaos, desperation, blood and tears.

我看过混乱,绝望,血和泪。