| 词组 | despair |
| 释义 | despair The verb despair, when used with a preposition, is usually used with of: • Unless one despairs of mankind altogether —John Cogley, Center Mag., July/August 1970 • Poetry has its roots in incantation ... but it may well despair of competing with the incantation of Big Business, Bigger Navies, Brighter Churches —C. Day Lewis, A Hope for Poetry, 3d ed., 1936 Despair has also been used with at, but this use is much less frequent: • ... our parents sometimes despaired at our inability to understand —Paul Potter, Johns Hopkins Mag., October 1965 |
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