参考词典中desperate的常规释义:
基本释义
- a. 不顾死活的,危急的,令人绝望的,极渴望的
词形变化
- 名 词:des'per·ate·ness副 词:des'per·ate·ly
参考例句
- A desperate man will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
一个亡命之徒为了达到自己的目的什么事都做得出来。 - In desperate straits.
处于几近绝望的境地 - They are in desperate need of this kind of bodied oil.
他们非常需要这种聚合油。 - He is a desperate criminal.
他是一个凶暴的罪犯。 - They invoked help in the desperate situation.
他们在走投无路的情况下恳求援助。
- A desperate man will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
英英解释
1个名词解释
- a person who is frightened and in need of help
[例]- they prey on the hopes of the desperate
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- arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
[同] despairing, desperate
[例]- a despairing view of the world situation
- the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal
- a desperate cry for help
- helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether
- her desperate screams
- desperately determined
[同] desperate, do-or-die
[例]- do-or-die revolutionaries
- a do-or-die conflict
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- (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair
[例]- a desperate criminal
- taken hostage of desperate men
- showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
[同] desperate, heroic
[例]- made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber
- the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war
- they took heroic measures to save his life
- showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire
[例]- felt a desperate urge to confess
- a desperate need for recognition
- fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
[同] desperate, dire
[例]- a desperate illness
- on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel
- a dire emergency
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