hopeless

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈhəʊplɪs/    美 /ˈhoʊplɪs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
    — I am a woman, friendless, hopeless.
  2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.
    — My mind is a camera / Camela mon camela ambra / It brings into focus / The dreams of kings / And even the hopeless
  3. Without talent, not skilled.
    — He's a hopeless writer, but can draw very well.
  4. Of an adverse condition, incurable. figuratively
    — She is a hopeless romantic.

词形变化

more hopeless comparative most hopeless superlative

词汇关系

近义词
desperate unhopeful forlorn
反义词
hopeful
衍生词
hopelessly hopelessness

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *tōhopōnder.
Old English tōhopa
Old English hopa
Middle English hope
English hope
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English hopeless
From hope + -less. Compare Swedish hopplös.
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