单词 | unhopeful |
例句 | It was the second time I had been locked in the dark with uncomplaining, unhopeful people of Orgoreyn. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “It may have slipped out in the night,” Nathan said, and we went back, unhopeful, to where we had slept but the ground was bare and innocent. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z So he went certain, unhurried, and unhopeful on the way he must go, and the wind of winter bore him to the south. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z ‘Yet however you read it, it seems not unhopeful,’ said Legolas. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Taxi drivers hung unhopefully around the watermelon stands. Can China Turn the Middle of Nowhere Into the Center of the World Economy? 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z These are young men, aged between 16 and 24, who appear to be particularly frustrated and unhopeful about their chances of good jobs or any upward mobility. 'Angry young men' lack optimism 2013-02-05T02:27:21Z They thought, 'twere surely better that they at once were dead, Than in slow torture lingering unhopeful of release. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z "Perhaps he's fallen into the sea, or down into some crack," said The Girl, not unhopefully. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z I rejoice at thy pleasant and not entirely unhopeful view of my poor little plan. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Here only can I show you the state of affairs, which is most dangerous, and yet not unhopeful. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) Thus the years passed—not uselessly nor unhopefully. A History of the English Church in New Zealand The very ocean sighing heaves In pity its unhopeful breast, Like some good friend that knows and grieves. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems “Do you think so?” replied the applicant, with an unhopeful smile. Dr. Sevier Her sleep was uncrossed by a dream, untroubled by a single jar of conscience; and her awaking to another day of labour, though by no means joyful, was yet not unhopeful or unhappy. The Wide, Wide World Pitt silently watched the putting the flowers in water, speculating upon the very unhopeful condition of this little human plant, and revolving schemes in his mind. A Red Wallflower It is a scheme of politicians and not of the people, unhopeful even as a political scheme, unsupported by the sober thought of the North, utterly unlikely to be realized or seriously attempted. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement So then—Caps off, my Masters all; Reserve your final word,—recall Your all-too-hasty strictures; Caps off, I say, for Wisdom sees Undreamed potentialities In most unhopeful pictures. Collected Poems In Two Volumes, Vol. II Sir, things are not so unhopeful as Senators seem to think. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. “But seriously, uncle, what do you mean to do?” asked Leonard Vandervell, who, with his brother, was not unhopeful that the Captain meditated something desperate. The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole It is true we have not yet done much in public-houses, but, as you saw just now, it is not an unhopeful field. Post Haste We often lament the contagious influence of evil, and it is right that we should; but it is an unthankful, unhopeful spirit, that thinks and speaks of the dark side only. The Parables of Our Lord And her awaking to another day of labour, though by no means joyful, was yet not unhopeful or unhappy. The Wide, Wide World To the last her periods of mental gestation were long, painful, and unhopeful. Studies in Early Victorian Literature "Don't signify whether a man's killed one way or another," was the somewhat unhopeful answer. Hills of the Shatemuc Even Dodwell, a man of singularly straitened and rigid views, thought the prospect not unhopeful. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century The lethargic character of their ambassador here, gives a very unhopeful aspect to a treaty on this ground. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 "I will go and see," and I ran out again, still not unhopeful. Carette of Sark And I am not unhopeful about England, or about the Strand. Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy All his thronging thoughts were tinged with the gloom of his unhopeful mood; and his body sagged with his sagging spirit. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India As he crossed the filled-in meadows he poked unhopefully at the soil here and there, but nothing came of it. Mike Flannery On Duty and Off It was impossible to remain unhopeful in such goodly company. Pearl of Pearl Island I have heard much the same noises proceed from the throat of an unhopeful pig engaged in some minor investigation. The Jervaise Comedy At all events, he felt dimly, that miserable and unhopeful as the future looked, he was not conquered yet; that he was going to fight on, come what might. The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him Nevertheless, these arrangements were bad ones, and this was where the Bill was most vulnerable on its merits; for self-government without the control of taxation and expenditure is at best an unhopeful experiment. John Redmond's Last Years The listeners laughed and applauded by turns; and had now fairly pitted them against each other, as the philosopher of hopefulness and of the unhopeful. On the Choice of Books And indeed the contrition seemed to have gathered force in many a past fit of remorse, and now was deep but not unhopeful. A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago His pessimistic and unhopeful temperament was doubtless due to inherent and hereditary bodily weakness, and to the lack of muscular cultivation in his youth, which might have modified inherent tendencies. Memories of Jane Cunningham Croly, "Jenny June" As a young man, his was a severe and unhopeful mind, and the tendency to despond was increased by circumstances. Occasional Papers Selected from the Guardian, the Times, and the Saturday Review, 1846-1890 It would be quite wrong, however, to regard Redmond's attitude in these days as unhopeful. John Redmond's Last Years Nor need I be told, that tenderness is due to the "young;" or that noble results sometimes follow unhopeful beginnings. The Grammar of English Grammars Kent's smile was a fair measure of his unhopeful mood. The Grafters And being naturally diffident and unhopeful in war, his good fortune supplied his want of courage, and kept it from being detected, as in all his commands he was constantly successful. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans At the entrance to the court the thief was standing, leaning against the wall with fevered, unhopeful waiting in his eyes. The Dawn of a To-morrow She felt sure that her husband's conduct would be misunderstood, and about Fred she was rational and unhopeful. Middlemarch Books she sought in every accessible, and found occasionally in an unhopeful quarter. Heather and Snow The pursuer took the road again, rather unhopefully. The Grafters The Mission of San Fernando, some twenty miles northwest of Los Angeles, has more than once been the scene of these unhopeful quests. The Penance of Magdalena & Other Tales of the California Missions She herself was not at all uncomfortable, because, while she saw the whole state of affairs, she was not unhopeful of coping with it. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution Now, in the most unhopeful struggle it is often the thing least hoped for that comes to pass. A Fool for Love But his final parting with Barker was not unhopeful. The Minister's Charge Hence, he was at no loss to account for the exile's flight afield, or for his unhopeful present attitude. The Grafters Who, looking at them, who that did not know, could foretell the fruits of their miserable, unhopeful labour? Stella Fregelius Then he abruptly said good-night, leaving Warburton not unhopeful about him, and much consoled by the disappearance of the shadow which had threatened their good understanding. Will Warburton To this expedient there was an unhopeful alternative: namely, the sending, by the Reverend Billy, or, in the last resort, by herself, of a warning message to Winton. A Fool for Love But now I noticed that the pseudo-bandits wore a watchful and not unhopeful air. Tish With Bacon's death there fell to pieces all this hopeful or unhopeful movement. Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings Jobst tried at first to do some governing; but finding all very anarchic, grew unhopeful; took to making matters easy for himself. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 02 |
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