"they prey on the hopes of the desperate"
"a despairing view of the world situation"
"the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal"
"a desperate cry for help"
"helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether"
"her desperate screams"
"do-or-die revolutionaries"
"a do-or-die conflict"
"a desperate criminal"
"taken hostage of desperate men"
"made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"
"the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"
"they took heroic measures to save his life"
"felt a desperate urge to confess"
"a desperate need for recognition"
"a desperate illness"
"on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"
"a dire emergency"
1.(因绝望而)孤注一掷的,铤而走险的,拼命的
If you aredesperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it.
e.g. Troops are needed to help get food into Kosovo where people are indesperate need...
需要军队帮助将科索沃人民亟需的食品送抵那里。
e.g. 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。
2.极需要的;渴望的
If you aredesperate for something ordesperate to do something, you want or need it very much indeed.
e.g. They'd been married nearly four years and June wasdesperate to start a family...
他们结婚已快4年了,琼非常渴望要个孩子。
e.g. People aredesperate for him to do something.
人们极希望他能做点什么。
3.极困难的;极严重的;极危险的
Adesperate situation is very difficult, serious, or dangerous.
e.g. India's United Nations ambassador said the situation isdesperate...
印度驻联合国大使说形势非常危急。
e.g. I decided not to abandon John when he was in such adesperate position.
我决定不在约翰走投无路的时候抛弃他。
1. 绝望:我感觉到自己渐渐失去了对文字的控制能力,根本无法我文字捕捉到脑中一瞬而逝的意象. 偶尔拼命写几个字,言不及义,悲痛得要命,却持续不了多久. 以前是悲观,后来是绝望(desperate) 而现在是麻木. 麻木也好,不会有多大苦痛,即使迫害再深,亦无多大欣喜,即使垂青再意外.
2. 沮丧:这些中年工人主角的表情近乎麻木,如同木偶,然而从他们的瞳孔中绝望的精光反射当中,我们仿佛瞥见他们深切渴望却失落而无奈的灵魂,那是一个个被生活浇熄了热能的灵魂,一个个沮丧(desperate)而疲惫(Exhausted)的灵魂,
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3. 绝望,不顾死活的:despair 失望,绝望 |desperate 绝望,不顾死活的 | despondency 意气消沈,失望
4. 令人绝望的,危急的:design计划;设计 |desperate令人绝望的,危急的 | despite憎恨,轻视