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desperate

adjective
 
🔊/ˈdespərət/
🔊/ˈdespərət/
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  1.  
     feeling or showing that you have little hope and are ready to do anything without worrying about danger to yourself or others（因绝望而）不惜冒险的，不顾一切的，拼命的
    • The prisoners grew increasingly desperate.犯人因绝望而越来越胆大妄为。🔊🔊
    • Stores are getting desperate after two years of poor sales.两年来销路不畅，商店不惜冒起险来。🔊🔊
    • Somewhere out there was a desperate man, cold, hungry, hunted.那外面有个男人又冷又饿，还有人抓他，走投无路了。🔊🔊
    • I heard sounds of a desperate struggle in the next room.我听到隔壁房间里有拼命挣扎的声音。🔊🔊
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    • I was starting to get desperate.我开始变得不顾一切了。
    • She felt utterly desperate.她感到彻底绝望了。
    • The sudden loss of his money had made him desperate.钱突然没了使他绝望。
    Topics Feelingsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
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    • extremely
    • fairly
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    preposition
    • about
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  2.  
     [usually before noun] (of an action行为) giving little hope of success; tried when everything else has failed绝望的；孤注一掷的；铤而走险的
    • He made a desperate bid for freedom.他为获自由孤注一掷。
    • She clung to the edge in a desperate attempt to save herself.为了活命，她拼命抓住边缘。🔊🔊
    • His increasing financial difficulties forced him to take desperate measures.不断增加的经济困难迫使他采取了铤而走险的办法。🔊🔊
    • Doctors were fighting a desperate battle to save the little girl's life.医生们不惜一切地奋力抢救小女孩的生命。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • a desperate search for a way out 拼命寻找出路
    • Jake held up his hands in a desperate plea for calm.杰克拼命地举起双手以求冷静。
    • Kaleil's final, desperate efforts to save the business come to naught. 卡利尔为拯救企业而作出的最后、绝望的努力化为乌有。
    Topics Difficulty and failureb2
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     [not usually before noun] needing or wanting something very much非常需要；极想；渴望
    • desperate for something He was so desperate for a job he would have done anything.他当时太想找份工作了，什么事都愿意干。🔊🔊
    • (informal) I'm desperate for a cigarette.我很想抽支烟。🔊🔊
    • to be desperate for money/help/cash/attention渴望金钱/帮助/现金/注意力
    • desperate to do something I was absolutely desperate to see her.我极想见到她。🔊🔊
    • She was desperate to escape small town life. 她拼命逃避小镇生活。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • about
    See full entry
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     (of a situation情况) extremely serious or dangerous极严重的；极危险的；很危急的
    • The children are in desperate need of love and attention.这些孩子非常需要爱心和关注。🔊🔊
    • They face a desperate shortage of clean water.他们面临洁净水的严重短缺。🔊🔊
    • His financial situation was desperate.他的财务状况令人绝望。
    • He had died in desperate poverty. 他死于极度贫困。
    • American farmers are in desperate straits today. 今天，美国农民处于绝境中。
    Topics Dangerb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • about
    See full entry
    5. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘in despair’): from Latin desperatus ‘deprived of hope’, past participle of desperare, from de- ‘down from’ + sperare ‘to hope’.