hope·less /ˈhopləs/
(a.)無希望的,絕望的,毫無辦法的
Hope·less, a.
1. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.
I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. --Shak.
2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause.
The hopelessword of “never to return”
Breathe I against thee, upon pain of life. --Shak.
3. Unhoped for; despaired of. [Obs.]
-- Hope*less*ly, adv. -- Hope*less*ness, n.
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hopeless
adj 1: without hope because there seems to be no possibility of
comfort or success; "in an agony of hopeless grief";
"with a hopeless sigh he sat down" [ant: hopeful]
2: of a person unable to do something skillfully; "I'm hopeless
at mathematics"
3: certain to fail; "the situation is hopeless"
4: (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of
management or reform; "she handed me a hopeless jumble of
papers"; "he is a hopeless romantic"