hopelessness [
'həupləsnəs]
n. 不抱希望
- One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness.
一条路通往绝望跟完全的没有希望。 - A spirit of hopelessness pervaded the refugee camp.
绝望的情绪笼罩著难民营。 - It smelled of dogs and cats, of fear, of hopelessness.
工作人员耸耸肩,一脸无奈。
hopelessness[ noun ]
the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success
<noun.feeling>
Hopeless \Hope"less\, a.
1. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good;
despairing.
I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. --Shak.
2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable;
desperate; as, a hopeless cause.
The hopelessword of ``never to return''
Breathe I against thee, upon pain of life. --Shak.
3. Unhoped for; despaired of. [Obs.] --Marston. --
{Hope"less*ly}, adv. -- {Hope"less*ness}, n.