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de.spe.ra.tion.des7pE5reI7F[nn [U]Desperation is the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to take risks in order to change it.绝望，拼命，不顾一切There was a note of desperation in his voice.他的说话声里有不顾一切的口气。In desperation, they jumped out of the window to escape the fire.在绝望中，他们为逃出大火而跳窗。She turned to crime out of sheer desperation.彻底绝望之下，她开始犯罪。This sudden change in policy was an act of desperation on the part of the government.这项政策突变是政府方的绝望之举。"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." (Henry Thoreau, in the book Walden, 1854)“众人过着平静从容然而又是无望的生活。”(引自亨利·梭罗的《瓦尔登湖》)
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