记忆方法
记住“despondent”可以通过构建一个反义词联想。想象一个“des”代表失望或没有的“de”情感，“pond”类似于“ponds”（池塘），而“ent”则是形容词后缀。将它们组合起来，可以想象成“失望的池塘”，即人们的情绪低落，像是在一个无望的“池塘”中。这样就可以通过形象的画面来记忆这个词的意思。
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中文词源
despondent 沮丧的
de-, 向下，离开。-spond, 承诺，词源同spouse, respond. 原义为承诺离开，放弃，引申词义沮丧的。比较abjure, forswear.
英语词源
- despondent (adj.)
- 1690s, from Latin despondentem (nominative despondens), present participle of despondere (see despondence). Related: Despondently (1670s).
权威例句
- 1. She was becoming increasingly despondent about the way things were going.
- 她对情况的发展越来越失望。
- 2. He was up for a time and then, without warning, despondent again.
- 他一度兴高采烈, 但忽然又情绪低落下来.
- 3. Patients often feel despondent.
- 病人经常会感到沮丧.
- 4. I feel despondent when my work is rejected.
- 作品被拒后我感到很沮丧。
- 5. His despondent reverie was suddenly interrupted by someone calling his name.
- 忽然有人惊醒了他的沉思.