the slough of despond

基本解释

• 絕望的深淵；極度沮喪的狀態

英汉例句

雙語例句

• We must do something to save him from the slough of Despond.
  我們必須得做點什麽，讓他不再絕望。
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• We were in the Slough of Despond tonight, and Mother came and pulled us out as Help did in the book. We ought to have our roll of directions, like Christian.
  我們今晚本來処於'絕望的深淵'，媽媽像書中的'幫助'一樣來把我們拉了出去，我們應該像基督教徒一樣有幾本指導手冊。

權威例句

• As the overblown optimism wears off and the hopes of JK Rowling-like status evaporate, so the slough of despond will take a hold.
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• Still, it seems unlikely that either Mr Thompson or Mr Huckabee possesses the necessary heft to pull their party out of the slough of despond.
  ECONOMIST: Lexington
• These include not only the perseverance that kept him tramping through the slough of despond when others might have given up, but also a nimble and well-stocked mind, an approachable manner on the stump and—the big prize that eludes Mr Romney—a palpable sincerity.
  ECONOMIST: Lexington

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