Desperate是什么意思?

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adj.形容詞

• 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, just above my room. 我听到就在我上面的房间里有拼命挣扎的声音。
• 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 usually before noun
  • 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。
• needing or wanting sth very much 非常需要；极想；渴望 not usually before noun ~ (for sth) ~ (to do sth)
  • He was so desperate for a job he would have done anything. 他当时太想找份工作了，什么事都愿意干的。
  • I was absolutely desperate to see her. 我极想见到她。
  • I'm desperate for a cigarette. 我很想抽支烟。 informal
• 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怀。
  • They face a desperate shortage of clean water. 他们面临无污染水源的严重短缺。

1. 绝望
2. 殊死
3. 危急