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1 despair
1. noun1) Verzweiflung, die2) (cause)2. intransitive verbdespair of doing something — die Hoffnung aufgeben, etwas zu tun
despair of something — die Hoffnung auf etwas (Akk.) aufgeben
* * *[di'speə] 1. verb(to lose hope (of): I despair of ever teaching my son anything.) verzweifeln2. noun1) (the state of having given up hope: He was filled with despair at the news.) die Verzweiflung2) ((with the) something which causes someone to despair: He is the despair of his mother.) die Verzweiflung* * *des·pair[dɪˈspeəʳ, AM -ˈsper]a sense of \despair seems to have settled on the team es scheint sich eine verzweifelte Stimmung in der Mannschaft auszubreitento do sth out of \despair etw aus Verzweiflung tunto drive sb to \despair jdn zur Verzweiflung bringen [o treiben]to be filled with \despair voller Verzweiflung seinto the \despair of sb zu jds Verzweiflung▶ to be the \despair of sb jds Sorgenkind seinII. vi▪ to \despair of sb/sth an jdm/etw verzweifelnto \despair of doing sth die Hoffnung aufgeben, etw zu tun* * *[dɪ'spɛə(r)]1. nVerzweiflung f (about, at über +acc)he was filled with despair — Verzweiflung überkam or ergriff ihn
she looked at him in despair — sie sah ihn verzweifelt or voller Verzweiflung an
in despair, she gave up —
his despair of ever being able to return home — seine Verzweiflung darüber, vielleicht nie mehr nach Hause zurückkehren zu können
2. viverzweifeln, alle Hoffnung aufgebento despair of doing sth — alle Hoffnung aufgeben, etw zu tun
to despair of sth — alle Hoffnung auf etw (acc) aufgeben
I despair of you — du bringst or treibst mich zur Verzweiflung
I despair at their incompetence — mit ihrer Unfähigkeit bringen or treiben sie mich (noch) zur Verzweiflung
* * *despair [dıˈspeə(r)]A v/i (of) verzweifeln (an dat), ohne Hoffnung sein, alle Hoffnung aufgeben oder verlieren (für, auf akk):despair of mankind an der Menschheit verzweifeln;he despaired of ever seeing his children again er gab alle Hoffnung auf, seine Kinder noch einmal zu sehenB s1. Verzweiflung f (at über akk), Hoffnungslosigkeit f:drive sb to despair jemanden zur Verzweiflung bringen;a look of despair ein verzweifelter Blick;his despair of ever seeing his children again made him commit suicide da er keinerlei Hoffnung mehr hatte, seine Kinder noch einmal zu sehen, beging er Selbstmord;be in despair of finding sth etwas verzweifelt suchenbe the despair of sb jemanden zur Verzweiflung bringen* * *1. noun1) Verzweiflung, die2) (cause)2. intransitive verbdespair of doing something — die Hoffnung aufgeben, etwas zu tun
despair of something — die Hoffnung auf etwas (Akk.) aufgeben
* * *(of) n.Verzweiflung (an) f. n.Verzweiflung f. (of) v.verzweifeln (an) v.
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