vô hi vọng
Definition
- Adjective:
- Hopeless: Completely lacking in hope; having no expectation of a positive outcome or improvement.
- Desperate: Characterized by a sense of despair or futility, often because the situation appears impossible to change.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Tình hình bệnh nhân đã trở nên vô hi vọng. (The patient's condition has become hopeless.)
- Chúng tôi cảm thấy vô hi vọng khi mọi nỗ lực đều thất bại. (We felt hopeless when every effort failed.)
- Đó là một cuộc tìm kiếm vô hi vọng. (It was a hopeless search.)
Advanced Usage
- Used to describe situations, feelings, or endeavors where there is an absolute absence of hope or chance for success.
- vô hi vọng hóa (to render hopeless): Lời từ chối đã vô hi vọng hóa tinh thần của anh ấy. (The rejection rendered his spirit hopeless.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tuyệt vọng (adj): Despairing, desperate. Often used interchangeably with , but can imply a more active or intense state of despair.
- Nó nhìn với ánh mắt tuyệt vọng. (He looked with a desperate gaze.)
Synonyms
- Hopeless: Having no hope.
- Desperate: Beyond hope of recovery.
- Futile: Incapable of producing any useful result; pointless.
Related Idioms
Vô phương cứu chữa: Incurable, beyond remedy. Often used for medical or deeply entrenched situations.
- Căn bệnh đã đến giai đoạn vô phương cứu chữa. (The illness has reached a hopeless stage.)
Hết thuốc chữa: Literally "out of medicine/cure"; used to describe a person or situation deemed incorrigible or hopeless.
- Hắn ta hư hỏng đến mức hết thuốc chữa. (He is corrupt to a hopeless degree.)