Despairing

(adj.) arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope; 'a despairing view of the world situation'; 'the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal'; 'a desperate cry for help'; 'helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether'; 'her desperate screams' .

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• And when, looking up, her eyes met his dull despairing glance, her pity for him surmounted her anger and all her other anxieties. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The air was filled with groans and clashing of arms--the floors were slippery with the blood of despairing and expiring wretches. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• There was neither pleasure nor exultation in Cassy's eyes,--only a despairing firmness. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• She met Gerty's lamentable eyes, fixed on her in a despairing effort at consolation, and the look brought her to herself. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• A sorrowful indifference to existence often pressed on me--a despairing resignation to reach betimes the end of all things earthly. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Thousands lie round the pool, weeping and despairing, to see it, through slow years, stagnant. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Her father might be a heretic; but had not she, in her despairing doubts not five minutes before, shown herself a far more utter sceptic? 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Clym was very grave at the intelligence, but not despairing. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Her quivering lips, her despairing heart refused to afford her voice to express our misfortune. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Mrs. Bute did not augur much good to the cause from the sending of her son James as an ambassador, and saw him depart in rather a despairing mood. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• It found her despairing, it left her desperate--two different states. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Lately, they very often wouldn't laugh, and he used to come home despairing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Jo gave a despairing groan, and Meg laughed outright, while Beth let her bread burn as she watched the fun with interest. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I confided all to my aunt when I got home; and in spite of all she could say to me, went to bed despairing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Despairing, I had him removed to the pits, where he still is. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• She listened for an instant, threw up her hands with a despairing gesture, and vanished as suddenly and as noiselessly as she had come. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• When despairing African fugitives do the same thing,--it is--what _is_ it? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Quite despairing of making my mind clear to Wemmick on this point, I forbore to try. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• I remember pausing once, with a kind of sorrow that was not all oppressive, not quite despairing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• With a despairing glance at her set, she obeyed. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The despairing way in which my mother and I look at each other, as I blunder on, is truly melancholy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Act fourth displayed the despairing Roderigo on the point of stabbing himself because he has been told that Zara has deserted him. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• For a moment she remained motionless; then she raised on him eyes of such despairing dearness that he half-released her waist from his hold. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• I got up despairing, and went out despairing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• At length he put it down, as if despairing of success; and, leaning back in his chair, muttered: 'What a fine thing capital punishment is! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• But he is generally melancholy and despairing; and sometimes he gnashes his teeth, as if impatient of the weight of woes that oppresses him. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Despairing of Spanish help, Columbus sent his brother Bartholomew to Henry VII of England, but the adventure did not attract that canny monarch. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• When unopposed they spread their ravages wide; in cases of danger they clustered, and by dint of numbers overthrew their weak and despairing foes. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

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