despond [dɪˈspɑ:nd]

例句:

• Both are alienated by veering between over-enthusiasm and despond.
  来自THETIMES
• He was sinking into the Slough of Despond.
  他那时正陷入极度沮丧的状态。
  
• He saved her from the slough of despond.
  他把她从绝望的深渊中拯救了出来.
  
• She could have been trying to encourage a patient who threatened to despond.
  她像是在鼓励一位眼看就要垂头丧气的病人.
  
• However grounded in reality, self-righteousness rarely leads to clear thinking about the way out of a slough of despond.
  来自BBC
• If the left emerged triumphant from the slough of despond in barely a year, there's no reason the right can't do it too.
  来自WSJ