| 释义 |
self-deˈspair
[self- 1 d.]
Despair of oneself.
1677Gale Crt. Gentiles iv. 526 An holy self-despair and humble trembling dependence on Divine grace. 1742C. Wesley Wrestling Jacob viii. Hymns 116, I am weak But confident in Self-despair. 1858Geo. Eliot Scenes Clerical Life, Janet's Repent. xv, No human soul had..understood her self-despair. 1884Encycl. Brit. XVII. 130/2 The widespread feeling of self-despair and the longing for divine illumination. |