despaired
past simple and past participle ofdespair
| 单词 | despaired |
| 释义 | despaired past simple and past participle ofdespair despair verb[I] uk/dɪˈspeər/us/dɪˈsper/tofeeldespair about something or someone: Don't despair! We'llfinda way out! I despairat/overthepoliciesof thisgovernment. Theybeganto despairofeverbeingrescued. Not hopeful
Examplesofdespaireddespaired In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. I am not the only one who hasdespairedof explaining away the apparent inconsistency. From theCambridge English Corpus Though living saints sought to sense pain, suffering laymen whodespairedof medical aid invoked the help of dead miracle-working saints. From theCambridge English Corpus In view of the existing difficulties, one hasdespairedof the possibility of describing the actual processes by means of differential equations. From theCambridge English Corpus His acquaintances need not havedespairedas much as they seem to have done. From theCambridge English Corpus While some squatters bemoaned drunken shepherds on their sprees, othersdespairedof their inability to rise above the squalor of shepherding to become thrifty yeomen farmers, even squatters. From theCambridge English Corpus Lomonosovdespairedof the deplorable neglect he observed in the physics laboratory. From theCambridge English Corpus I am told that he has almost miraculously managed to raise funds when others of a less optimistic nature might well havedespaired. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Returning officers up and down the countrydespairedat the process. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have alwaysdespairedof some teachers who really think that the education system exists for the most able pupils and no one else. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It will also distinguish between those who tried and those who simplydespaired. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have almostdespairedof appealing to them for anything reasonable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have notdespairedand will go on and see if there is anything we can do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Trying to devise a national grid for wages is also so difficult that some people have almostdespairedof it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Then, local authorities were starved of resources and the publicdespairedof any prospect of improvement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He ratherdespairedabout the particular example he quoted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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