desperate

[US]/ˈdespərət/
[UK]/ˈdespərət/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 不顧一切的, 拼命的, 絕望的, 危急的, 極渴望的
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

feel desperate

感到絕望

desperate need

迫切需要

desperate situation

絕境

desperate measures

不擇手段

become desperate

變得絕望

desperate attempt

孤注一擲

Example Sentences

a desperate illness; a desperate situation.

絕症;危險境地

there is a desperate shortage of teachers.

教師極度缺乏。

He is a desperate criminal.

他是個亡命之徒。

He's desperate for money.

他極渴望得到錢。

They're desperate to escape.

他們急於想逃跑。

I am desperate for a cigarette.

我極想抽一支菸。

he was desperate not to slight a guest.

他極力想不冷落每一位客人。

the desperate ploy had worked.

孤注一擲的做法起作用了。

desperate times call for desperate measures.

危時需峻法。

the desperate look of hunger; a desperate cry for help.

飢餓者臉上那絕望的樣子;絕望的呼救聲

The report limned a desperate situation.

那報道描述出一個嚴重的情況。

The man lost in the desert was desperate for water.

在沙漠中迷失方向的人極度渴望得到水。

The desperate bandit's firing at the police!

那個亡命的匪徒正朝着警察開槍!

They made a desperate attempt to save the company.

他們爲挽救公司作孤注一擲的努力。

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