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Picture the moment a person's hands let go. It is not just sadness — it is letting go of the thought that trying again might help. Hope is what holds someone up; despair is the weight that arrives once that support gives way, when nothing you or anyone else does looks like it could change things.
可以想成手鬆開的那一刻：不只是難過，而是連「再試一次也許有用」這個念頭都放掉了。希望本來是撐著人往前的那根東西，de…更多收起
可以想成手鬆開的那一刻：不只是難過，而是連「再試一次也許有用」這個念頭都放掉了。希望本來是撐著人往前的那根東西，despair 就是那根東西斷掉之後整個人沉下來的重量——不是事情很糟，而是連做什麼都覺得沒用了。原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
despairverb/dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)/
- 1
obsoleteTo give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
- I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted.
- I sometimes despair of getting anything quite simple and honest done in this world by the help of men.
- 2
To cause to despair.
- Thinking of what I was despairing about despaired me further
- 3
To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
- We despaired even of life.
despairnoun/dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)/
- 1
Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
- He turned around in despair, aware that he was not going to survive.
- My daughter's behavior drives me to despair.
- 2
That which causes despair.
- 3
That which is despaired of.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。