1 ADJ-GRADED (因绝望而)孤注一掷的,铤而走险的,拼命的 If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it. (因绝望而)孤注一掷的,铤而走险的,拼命的
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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。
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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。
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He made a desperate attempt to hijack a plane.
他铤而走险,企图劫持一架飞机。
SYN grave, great, pressing, serious
2 ADJ-GRADED [verb-link ADJ, usually ADJ to-infinitive] 极需要的;渴望的 If you are desperate for something or desperate to do something, you want or need it very much indeed. 极需要的;渴望的
SYN eager, longing, keen, raring
3 ADJ-GRADED 极困难的;极严重的;极危险的 A desperate situation is very difficult, serious, or dangerous. 极困难的;极严重的;极危险的
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Word Partnership | Use desperate with: |
VERB. | sound desperate 1 grow desperate 1 2 3 |
N. | desperate act, desperate attempt, desperate measures, desperate need, desperate struggle 1 desperate situation 3 |
Word Link | sper ≈ hope : desperado, desperate, prosperity |
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