“I can’t afford it”“ also brings up sadness. A helplessness that leads to despondency and often depression. ”

“我不能支付这个”带来的悲哀和无助会导致失望、冷漠以至意志消沉。

.. must for their own protection from utter despondency , have early encouraged and cherished some tranquillizing belief as to the future balances and the hieroglyphic meanings of human sufferings

..为了避免陷入极端的失望，对于人类苦难的未来补偿及其玄奥意义，必定早已有了使自己得以镇静的信仰。

“To collect what’s left over,” smiled Wu Sun-fu, his look of despondency vanishing abruptly

“叫他回去收集残余，都调到上海来。

The melancholiac has fallen into a fixed condition of despondency

3、忧郁症患者。这种病人陷入沮丧。

Now he bathed himself in despondency

此刻他就沉浸在怅惘之中。

She could recognise her wild, desperate, defiant mood, the flightiness of her temper, and even some of the very cloud-shapes of gloom and despondency that had brooded in her heart.

她能够看到当时笼罩着自己心灵的那种狂野、绝望和挑战的情绪,任性的脾气,甚至还有某种阴郁和沮丧的愁云。

Her despondency about having no job

她因失业而意志消沉.

Feeling or expressing despondency ; dejected.

沮丧的，悲观的感觉或表现出失望的;沮丧的

Despondency began to creep over their heart

沮丧的情绪爬上了他们的心头。

despondency :Depression of spirits from loss of hope, confidence, or courage; dejection.

失望,泄气:因失去希望、信心或勇气而精神低落;沮丧

His heart now leapt with excitement, now sank into a torpor of despondency

他的心忽而卜卜地跳得很兴奋，忽而又像死了似的一动不动。

With this pessimistic thought, and a growing sense of despondency , he shook his head, and, with one last look down into the street, he made his way out of the restaurant

他闷闷地想着，觉得心头渐渐沉重。末了，他摆开了一切似的摇着头，又往下看看街上的情形，便也离开了那大三元酒家。

Inside me is a wheel, constantly turning from sadness to joy, from exultation to depression, from happiness to melancholy. Like the flowers, today’s full bloom of joy will fade and wither into despondency

我心中像一只轮子不停地转着，由乐而悲，由悲而喜，由喜而忧。

And as my reason began now to master my despondency , I began to comfort my self as well as I could

现在,我已开始振作起来,不再灰心丧气,因此,我尽量自勉自慰。

||1:Today’s gloomy mood is centred on smartphones and social media, which took off a decade ago.||2:Yet concerns that humanity has taken a technological wrong turn, or that particular technologies might be doing more harm than good, have arisen before.||3:In the 1970s the despondency was prompted by concerns about overpopulation, environmental damage and the prospect of nuclear immolation.||4:The 1920s witnessed a backlash against cars, which had earlier been seen as a miraculous answer to the affliction of horse-drawn vehicles— which filled the streets with noise and dung, and caused congestion and accidents.||5:And the blight of industrialisation was decried in the 19th century by Luddites, Romantics and socialists, who worried (with good reason) about the displacement of skilled artisans, the despoiling of the countryside and the suffering of factory hands toiling in smoke-belching mills.

||1:如今，人们的悲观情绪主要集中在智能手机和社交媒体上。||2:然而，关于人类在技术上走错了方向，或者某些技术可能弊大于利的担忧，在此之前就已经出现了。||3:20世纪70年代，人口过剩、环境破坏和核毁灭的前景引发了人们的担忧，从而导致了这种沮丧情绪。||4:20世纪20年代见证了一场反对汽车的运动，在此之前，汽车曾被视为解决马车问题的灵丹妙药，马车让街上充满了噪音和粪便，造成了交通堵塞和事故。||5:19世纪，工业化的衰落遭到了反对技术进步者、浪漫主义者和社会主义者的谴责，他们有充分的理由对熟练技工的流失、对农村的掠夺以及在浓烟滚滚的工厂里辛勤劳作的工人的痛苦感到担忧。

Remain where you are, Catherine, ’ he said; without any anger in his voice, but with much sorrowful despondency .

“你就待在那儿吧，凯瑟琳，”他说，他的声调毫无怒气，却充满着悲切、沮丧。

And diminishing levels of dopamine produce lethargy, despondency and depression.

并且，这些多巴胺减小的过程会让人无生气、郁闷和消沉。

Other aspects of the crisis, however, have sowed fear, despondency and anger.

但本次危机所暴露的其它方面却让许多员工感到担忧、沮丧和愤怒。

Down the road, a Democratic campaigner, declining to be named, found it hard to hide his despondency .

而在这条路的尽头，一位不愿透露名字的民主党竞选活动参与人士却难掩沮丧之情。

Nicene Christians were not immune to the despondency of despair and grief.

尼西亚基督徒不能免于对绝望与悲伤的悲观情绪。

In fact human evil comes mostly a decision made from despondency ignorance and under fear.

人类的恶其实很多时候是在恐惧下无奈、无知的抉择。

It is a measure of their despondency that the French have begun to write the president’s political obituary.

因为失望，法国人已经着手书写总统政治生涯讣告以祈求希望的出现。

Where it is, there is life; where it is not, there is faintness, helplessness, and despondency .

有它的地方，就有生命力，没它的地方就只有胆怯、无助和依靠。

It was the last expression of the despondency of a broken spirit. He lacked energy to grasp the better fortune that seemed within his reach.

这是一颗破碎的心完全沮丧的最后表示。他没有力气去抓住那似是唾手可得的幸运。

As a violinist I was able to transcend the dysfunctional home environment and my own despondency I was lifted to the stars.

作为一个小提琴手，我有能力战胜垮掉的家庭环境和我消沉的意志，我能光芒四射。