英语词汇“despond”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To despond is to become very downhearted or gloomy. You could say that you tend to despond whenever you think about the end of summer.

As a verb, despond is an old-fashioned word that you'll probably only see in books. It's much more common to hear the related words despondent and despondence. Still, if you don't mind sounding a little outdated, you can urge your little brother not to despond over his glass of spilled milk. The Latin root is despondere, "to give up, lose, lose heart, or resign."

WORD FAMILY

despond: desponded, despondence, despondency, despondent, desponding, desponds+/despondence: despondences/despondency: despondencies/despondent: despondently

USAGE EXAMPLES

Maybe it was a one-off, hewn from the despond of the week, but they were outrageously good.

BBC(Oct 23, 2016)

Authorities desponded to McGill’s home April 27 on a dispute call.

Washington Times(May 04, 2016)

President will lift America out of its despond, but on present trend no one should count on it.

Wall Street Journal(Mar 28, 2016)

v lose confidence or hope; become dejected

The supporters of the Presidential candidate desponded when they learned the early results of the election

Hyper

despair

abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart

单词	despond
释义	despond (once / 881 pages) v To despond is to become very downhearted or gloomy. You could say that you tend to despond whenever you think about the end of summer. As a verb, despond is an old-fashioned word that you'll probably only see in books. It's much more common to hear the related words despondent and despondence. Still, if you don't mind sounding a little outdated, you can urge your little brother not to despond over his glass of spilled milk. The Latin root is despondere, "to give up, lose, lose heart, or resign." WORD FAMILY despond: desponded, despondence, despondency, despondent, desponding, desponds+/despondence: despondences/despondency: despondencies/despondent: despondently USAGE EXAMPLES Maybe it was a one-off, hewn from the despond of the week, but they were outrageously good. BBC(Oct 23, 2016) Authorities desponded to McGill’s home April 27 on a dispute call. Washington Times(May 04, 2016) President will lift America out of its despond, but on present trend no one should count on it. Wall Street Journal(Mar 28, 2016) v lose confidence or hope; become dejected The supporters of the Presidential candidate desponded when they learned the early results of the election Hyper despair abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart
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