['despərit]
desperate
a. 不顾一切的,绝望的

词形变化:

名词:desperateness 副词:desperately

例句与用法:

  1. If foreign aid dries up the situation will be desperate.
    倘若外援枯竭,形势将极为严重。
  2. He's desperate for a glass of water.
    他极想喝一杯水。
  3. They invoked help in the desperate situation.
    他们在走投无路的情况下恳求援助。
  4. He was rifling through her desk in a desperate search for the letter.
    他拼命在她的书桌里搜寻那封信。
  5. The desperate look of hunger; a desperate cry for help.
    饥饿者脸上那绝望的样子;绝望的呼救声

英英解释:

名词 desperate:

  1. a person who is frightened and in need of help

形容词 desperate:

  1. arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
  2. 同义词:despairing
  3. desperately determined
  4. 同义词:do-or-die
  5. (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair
  6. showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
  7. 同义词:heroic
  8. showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire
  9. fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
  10. 同义词:dire