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desperation

noun
🔊/ˌdespəˈreɪʃn/
🔊/ˌdespəˈreɪʃn/
 [uncountable]
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  1. the state of being desperate绝望；拼命；铤而走险
    • in desperation In desperation, she called Louise and asked for her help.在走投无路的情况下，她给路易丝打了个电话请她帮忙。🔊🔊
    • There was a note of desperation in his voice.听他的语气他急得要命。🔊🔊
    • an act of sheer desperation完全不顾一切的行为
    Extra Examples
    • Driven to desperation by our noisy neighbours, we called the police.我们给邻居吵得受不了，就打电话找警察了。
    • In desperation, I decided to try acupuncture.我走投无路，就决定试试针刺疗法。
    • In his desperation to escape, Tom had slipped and broken a leg.汤姆在拚命逃跑时滑倒摔断了一条腿。
    • Many of us feel a quiet desperation at the future.我们中许多人都暗暗对未来感到绝望。
    • She became a thief out of sheer desperation.她因为彻底绝望而成了小偷。
    • The robbery was an act of desperation.这次抢劫是铤而走险之举。
    • We realized with a sense of growing desperation that nobody knew we were in there.意识到没有人知道我们在那里，我们愈发绝望。
    • With strength born of desperation, she managed to break down the door.她情急之下爆发出一股力量，撞开了房门。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • pure
    • sheer
    • quiet
    • …
    … of desperation
    • hint
    • note
    verb + desperation
    • feel
    • drive somebody to
    preposition
    • in (your) desperation
    • out of desperation
    • desperation  about
    • …
    phrases
    • an act of desperation
    • courage, strength, etc. born of desperation
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin desperatio(n-), from the verb desperare, from de- ‘down from’ + sperare ‘to hope’.