出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中央民族大学出版社《新英汉大词典上》第315页（231字）
【词性】：n．
【释义】：
①绝望〔He was in despair of ever winning back his fortune．他对于赢回财产已感绝望。
〕②令人绝望的人或物〔Harry is the despair of his teachers．哈利令老师们绝望。〕‖ v．绝望〔The prisoner despaired of ever being free again．囚犯对重获自由感到绝望。〕