slough of despond

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈslaʊ əv ˈdɛspɒnd/    美 /ˈslaʊ əv ˈdɛspɒnd/|/ˈslaʊ əv dɛˈspɑnd/|/ˈsluː/|/ˈdɛspɑnd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A dreary bog or marsh.
    — The road is winding, and consists of a succession of short, steep descents, diversified by occasional sloughs, which might well be called "sloughs of despond," into one of which Manuel was thrown rather unceremoniously, by the bursting of his saddle-girths at the top of one of these short hills, by which means he took a flight over the head of his beast, and found a soft resting place in the mud at the bottom.
  2. A state of disheartening hopelessness; pit of despair. figuratively
    — Amy laughed too, and, kissing her mother, said, 'Well, I never had such a "Day of Misfortunes" as Rosamund's. I think it is because I have got such a dear darling mother that she helps me out of my troubles, my "Sloughs of Despond," as Clara calls them, quicker.' / 'The best thing is to try not to fall into sloughs of despond, and the way to do that is to examine carefully how you have come to get into them.[…]'

词形变化

sloughs of despond plural

词源

From the name of a bog in The Pilgrim's Progress (1678) by English writer and preacher John Bunyan (1628–1688).
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