English Dictionary

slough of despond

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈslaʊ əv ˈdɛspɒnd/

名詞

比喩的用法

A dreary bog or marsh. / (figuratively) A state of disheartening hopelessness.

日本語の意味

陰鬱な沼地、または湿地 / 比喩的に、意気消沈し絶望的な状態

After weeks of searching for inspiration, she found herself stuck in a slough of despond that made every step feel heavier.

何週間もインスピレーションを探した後、彼女は一歩一歩を重く感じさせるような絶望の泥沼に陥っていることに気づいた。

意味（1）

A dreary bog or marsh.

The road is winding, and consists of a succession of short, steep descents, diversified by occasional sloughs, which might well be called sloughs of despond, into one of which Manuel was thrown rather unceremoniously, by the bursting of his saddle-girths at the top of one of these short hills, by which means he took a flight over the head of his beast, and found a soft resting place in the mud at the bottom.

意味（2）

(figuratively) A state of disheartening hopelessness.

Amy laughed too, and, kissing her mother, said, 'Well, I never had such a Day of Misfortunes as Rosamund's. I think it is because I have got such a dear darling mother that she helps me out of my troubles, my Sloughs of Despond, as Clara calls them, quicker.' / 'The best thing is to try not to fall into sloughs of despond, and the way to do that is to examine carefully how you have come to get into them.[…]'

sloughs of despond （ plural ）