despondent meaning in English
adj.
垂头丧气的,心灰意懒的。
Examples
- We should fall to work cheerfully, and not in a despondent state .
我们应该高高兴兴地工作,不应该悲观失望。 - He was up for a time and then, without warning, despondent again .
他曾一度兴高采烈,但忽然又情绪低沉下来。 - Jo groaned and leaned both elbows on the table in a despondent attitude .
裘哼哼着,把双肘靠在桌上,一副垂头丧气的样子。 - The twilight of the room prevented her father from seeing the despondent misery of her face .
屋子里的昏暗光线使她父亲无法看到她沮丧、痛苦的面容。 - Even in this very beginning of a tendency to feel despondent he threw back his head, expanded his chest, and walked as briskly as ever .
就在刚觉得失望的时候,他把头一仰,挺出胸膛,象平常一般精神抖擞地走着。