The situation is desperate.
情况令人感到绝。
I had no money left and was desperate.
我一点钱都没有了,简直绝望了。
They made a desperate plea for help.
他们不顾一切地恳求帮助。
His failure made him desperate.
他因失败而铤而走险。
The man lost in the desert was desperate for water.
在沙漠中迷失方向的人极度渴望得到水。
He is desperate to get a job.
他非常渴求得一职。
She looked desperately around for a weapon.
她在四下里找，急于弄到一件武器。
They desperately wanted a child.
他们非常想要一个孩子。
I was absolutely desperate to see her.
我极想见到她。
(informal)I'm desperate for a cigarette.
我很想抽支烟。
The children are in desperate need of love and attention.
这些孩子非常需要爱心和关怀。
They face a desperate shortage of clean water.
他们面临无污染水源的严重短缺。
desperately ill'/unhappy'/lonely
病得厉害；极为不快；极其孤独
He took a deep breath, desperately trying to keep calm.
他深深地吸了口气，竭尽全力保持镇定。
a desperate bid for freedom
孤注一掷争取自由的努力
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。
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。
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。
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。
People are desperate for him to do something.
人们极希望他能做点什么。
India's United Nations ambassador said the situation is desperate...
印度驻联合国大使说形势非常危急。
I decided not to abandon John when he was in such a desperate position.
我决定不在约翰走投无路的时候抛弃他。
Troops are needed to help get food into Kosovo where people are in desperate need...
需要军队帮助将科索沃人民亟需的食品送抵那里。
desperate with anxiety, Bob and Hans searched the whole house...
焦急万分的鲍勃和汉斯把整座房子找了个遍。
They'd been married nearly four years and June was desperate to start a family...
他们结婚已快4年了，琼非常渴望要个孩子。
The class will debate on matters of mutual concern.
全班将讨论一些共同关心的话题.
The enemy grew desperate at the defeat.
敌人因战败而拼死挣扎.
The prisoners grew more desperate.
囚犯们在绝望中更加不顾死活了.
He's desperate for money.
他极渴望得到钱.
They made a desperate attempt to save the company.
他们为挽救公司作孤注一掷的努力.
I am desperate of obtaining her.
出自：Two Gentlemen of Verona,Shakespeare