desperation

絶望、絶望感

何もよくならず、もう希望がないと感じること。

やさしい英語で： A feeling that nothing can improve and there is no hope left.

• I could hear desperation in her voice.
• He felt deep desperation after losing his home.
• Their desperation grew as the food ran out.

使い方： in desperation (In desperation, he begged a stranger for help.)

類義語： despair, hopelessness

反対語： hope

よく使う表現： in desperation, sheer desperation, sense of desperation

絶望

状況を改善できそうにないため、希望を捨てること。

やさしい英語で： The act of giving up hope because a situation seems impossible to improve.

• His desperation began when the last rescue boat left.
• She threw away the application in desperation.
• Their final letter expressed desperation at the repeated failures.

使い方： in desperation (In desperation, she stopped looking for a way out.)

類義語： despair, loss of hope

よく使う表現： in desperation, desperation at something

やけくその怒り

危険を気にせず行動するほどの激しい怒り。

やさしい英語で： Wild anger that makes someone act without caring about danger.

• He attacked with reckless desperation.
• Her desperation drove her into the fighting crowd.
• The soldiers fought with a desperation that ignored every danger.

類義語： fury, rage

よく使う表現： reckless desperation, furious desperation, fight with desperation