despondently

1. ADJ-GRADED 沮丧的;泄气的;失望的
   If you are despondent, you are very unhappy because you have been experiencing difficulties that you think you will not be able to overcome.
   1. I feel despondent when my work is rejected.
      作品被拒后我感到很沮丧。

1. Despondently, the husband replied: 'I missed a new job opportunity.'
   丈夫沮丧地回答：我错过了一个新的工作机会。
2. Sad-coloured curtains, whose proportions were spare and lean, hid themselves despondently behind the windows.
   黯淡的窗帘粗陋、狭窄，垂头丧气地躲藏在窗子后面。
3. Sprouting despondently at area gates.
   在小区门口绝望地发芽膨胀。
4. Then he waved his hand in a wandering and mechanical way, and made an effort or two to say something, then gave it up, despondently.
   他六神无主地用僵硬的姿势摆手，鼓了几次劲想说点什么，却垂头丧气地欲言又止。
5. Mrs Paul sat despondently on an office chair.
   保罗太太沮丧地坐在办公椅子上。

adv

1. with desperation
   1. `Why can't you understand?,' she asked despairingly

   Synonym:    despairingly