despond: [17] Latin had a phrase animam dēspondēre, literally ‘give up one’s soul’, hence ‘lose heart’. The verb dēspondēre came to be used on its own in this sense, and was borrowed thus by English. It was a compound verb, formed from the prefix dē- ‘away’ and spondēre ‘promise’ (source of English sponsor, spontaneous, spouse, respond, and riposte), and originally meant ‘promise to give away’, hence ‘give up’. => respond, riposte, sponsor, spontaneous, spouse
双语例句
1. He was sinking into the Slough of Despond.
他那时正陷入极度沮丧的状态。
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2. He saved her from the slough of despond.
他把她从绝望的深渊中拯救了出来.
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3. She could have been trying to encourage a patient who threatened to despond.
她像是在鼓励一位眼看就要垂头丧气的病人.
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4. At that time the country was in the slough of despond.
当时该国陷入深深的绝望之中.
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5. We must do something to save him from the slough of Despond.
