1·My handwriting was the despair of my teachers.
我的字写得很差，使老师们感到十分失望。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·I despair of him; he can't keep a job for more than six months.
我对他都绝望了，他做任何工作都超不过半年。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·If we can't bring our problems under control, feelings of powerlessness and despair often ensue.
如果我们不能将我们的问题控制住，无能为力和绝望感往往就会随之而来。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4·I leave you to think of the terrible grief, the shame, the despair of the poor Marionette.
你们想想可怜的木偶有多么伤心、羞愧和绝望！
5·I began to despair of my future.
我开始对前途感到失望。
6·As a boy, he was the despair of all his teachers.
小时候，他是个使所有老师失望的孩子。
7·RAEBURN:... in despair of such a thing ever happening.
雷伯恩：发生这样的事情太让我绝望了。
8·To a battered wife trapped in the despair of "I can never get away?"
一个深受家庭暴力残害的妻子深陷“我永远也逃脱不了”的绝望。
9·I was beginning to despair of my chances - and then I ran in to Howard Lutnick.
一开始我感到机会渺茫，直到我遇见霍华德·鲁特尼克。
10·Others despair of national politicians and hope foreigners will offer salvation via technocracy.
另一些人对国家政客感到绝望，希望外国人能够通过技术统治来拯救他们。