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despondency [dɪ'spɑndənsɪ]

n. 失去勇气, 失望

Feeling or expressing despondency; dejected.
沮丧的，悲观的感觉或表现出失望的；沮丧的
Despondency began to creep over their hearts.
沮丧的情绪爬上他们的心头。
Zambian and other African consumers do not share his despondency.
赞比亚人和其它非洲消费者并没有分享他的绝望。

despondency

[ noun ]
feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
<noun.feeling>

Despondency \De*spond"en*cy\, n.
The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of
effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind.

The unhappy prince seemed, during some days, to be sunk
in despondency. --Macaulay.

The reshuffling comes amid a growing sense of gloom and despondency in the nation as numerous problems such as ethnic unrest and economic decline have grown more acute.
In Amman, knots of Asian refugees huddle under trees on empty lots, giving the flowered, comfortable capital an air of wartime despondency.
Seven chiming bells in the passageway, signifying 3:30, abruptly dispelled his despondency.
According to participants at the meeting and Soviet journalists who were later briefed by their editors, Mr. Gorbachev blamed the press for fueling a nationwide mood of despondency.
Little wonder, therefore, that some high street banks are now placing solicitors among their high-risk borrowers. The turns and twists of government policy since Black Wednesday have added greatly to the sense of despondency.
Last Thursday Newsnight on BBC2 used a journey down the A1 to illustrate the erosion of Britain's manufacturing base, and the appalling miasma of despondency caused by unemployment.
"The changes in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and South Africa have woken us up from years of indifference and despondency," said former finance minister Arthur Wina.
A review from Hoare Govett Asia last Friday said that gloom and despondency had overwhelmed the market, and that poor results from the shipping sector had weakened sentiment across the board.

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