wanhope

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈwɒnhəʊp/    美 /ˈwɑnhoʊp/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Lack of hope; hopelessness; despair. UK,archaic,dialectal,uncountable,usually
    — Wanhope: a fine English word, suggesting unhope of Langland's story of the cats and the mice, and described in Ipotis,[…]
  2. Vain hope; overconfidence; delusion. uncountable,usually

词形变化

wanhopes plural

词源

From Middle English wanhope, equivalent to wan- + hope. Cognate with Scots wanhop, wanhope (“wanhope, despair”), West Frisian wanhope (“wanhope, despair”), Dutch wanhoop (“despair”).
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