“despondently” 表示“沮丧地;灰心地;失望地”,形容一个人以低落、缺乏希望的方式说话或行动。(对应形容词:despondent)
/dɪˈspɑːndəntli/
She looked despondently at the empty inbox.
她沮丧地看着空空的收件箱。
After hearing the decision, he sat despondently in the hallway, convinced that all his efforts had been wasted.
听到那个决定后,他灰心地坐在走廊里,认定自己所有的努力都白费了。
来自形容词 despondent(灰心的、沮丧的)加副词后缀 -ly(……地)。despondent 源自拉丁语 dēspondēre,本义与“失去希望、放弃期待”相关,后来发展为“心灰意冷”的含义。