despairingly
adverb
uk /dɪˈspeə.rɪŋ.li/ us /dɪˈsper.ɪŋ.li/
showing that you feel that there is no hope and that you can do nothing to improve a difficult or worrying situation: 绝望地;失去希望地
He rubbed his hand despairingly over his face.他绝望地用手揉着脸。
"Now what?" she thought despairingly.现在怎么办？她绝望地想。
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despair
He gazed despairingly about the room.
She shook her head despairingly.
He sighed despairingly.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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a road to nowhereidiom
be in a funkidiom
be on a hiding to nothingidiom
be on the road to nowhereidiom
bleakly
bleakness
dispiritedness
dispiritingly
doom and gloom
doomed
doomster
downcast
hope
hopeless
hopelessly
hopelessness
lose heartidiom
undone
unhopeful
what are you going to do?idiom
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