| 单词 | desperate |
| 释义 | desperate 1.(distressed and in need)+ person痛苦的；极需要的；渴望的 You must help me, I'm desperate.你一定要帮帮我, 我可是完全没招了。 She'd have to be pretty desperate to go out with you.她要是跟你去约会, 那必定是一点法子都没了。 to be desperate with sth + anxiety, worry因…而痛苦；承受…之苦 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。 to get desperate感到痛苦 I was getting desperate.我感到痛苦。 to be desperate for sth极想要得到…；渴望… I was desperate for money.我很需要钱。 to be desperate to do sth渴望做某事 They were desperate to start a family.他们非常渴望要个孩子。 to be desperate for sb to do sth极其希望某人做某事 People are desperate for him to do something.人们极希望他能做点什么。 2.(reckless)+ fugitive, criminal(因绝望而)孤注一掷的, 铤而走险的, 拼命的 He was taken hostage by a gang of desperate men.他被一群亡命之徒劫持作为人质。 3.(grave)+ situation极困难的；极严重的；极危险的 The situation is desperate.情况很危急。 I was in desperate need of money.我急需钱。 4.(risky)+ attempt, effort铤而走险的；不顾后果的 She made a desperate attempt to free herself.为了获得自由, 她铤而走险。 He jumped overboard in a desperate effort to escape arrest.他奋不顾身跳上了船, 以逃避拘捕。 5.(of last resort)+ measures最后的；最终的 Desperate times call for desperate measures.非常时期必须采取非常措施。 6.(despairing)+ cry, howl绝望的 7.to be desperate<非正式>(for the lavatory)极需要去上厕所 Please, I've got to stop, I'm desperate.–Why didn't you go before we set off?麻烦你停一下车, 我必须得上厕所。——出发前你怎么不去？ 8.<非正式>(terrible)极坏的；极糟的 As for his latest film, it's desperate.说到他最新的电影, 实在是糟糕透了。 |
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