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desperate

音標['desp?r?t] 讀音

漢語翻譯


a. 不顧一切的, 危急的, 令人絕望的, 極渴望的

詞型變化：

名詞:desperateness 副詞:desperately 

英文解釋：

名詞 desperate:

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

形容詞 desperate:

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

例句：

  1. If foreign aid dries up the situation will be desperate.
    倘若外援枯竭，形勢將極為嚴重。
  2. He's desperate for a glass of water.
    他極想喝一杯水。
  3. They invoked help in the desperate situation.
    他們在走投無路的情況下懇求援助。
  4. He was rifling through her desk in a desperate search for the letter.
    他拚命在她的書桌里搜尋那封信。
  5. The desperate look of hunger; a desperate cry for help.
    飢餓者臉上那絕望的樣子; 絕望的呼救聲

詳細解釋：


des.per.ate

adj.（形容詞）
Having lost all hope; despairing.
絕望的：失去全部希望的；絕望的
Marked by, arising from, or showing despair:
由絕望而引起的，顯示出絕望的：
例句：
the desperate look of hunger; a desperate cry for help.
飢餓者臉上那絕望的樣子；絕望的呼救聲

Reckless or violent because of despair:
鋌而走險的：由於絕望而莽撞的，凶暴的：
例句：
a desperate criminal.
鋌而走險的罪犯

Undertaken out of extreme urgency or as a last resort:
孤注一擲的：表現出最強烈的急切的情況的；奮力作最後一搏（以尋求獲救）的：
例句：
a desperate attempt to save the family business.
拯救家族事業的孤注一擲的嘗試

Nearly hopeless; critical:
幾乎沒有希望的；嚴重的，危險的：
例句：
a desperate illness; a desperate situation.
絕症；危險境地

Suffering or driven by great need or distress:
急切的，極度渴望的：被強烈的需要或苦惱驅使的：
例句：
desperate for recognition.
急於得到承認

Extremely intense:
特別強烈的：
例句：
felt a desperate urge to tell the truth.
感到一種強烈的衝動想要說出事實

來源：
Middle English desperat
中古英文 desperat
from Latin dôspôr3tus [past participle of] dôspôr3re [to despair] * see despair
源自 拉丁語 dôspôr3tus [] dôspôr3re的過去分詞 [絕望] *參見 despair

【引伸】
des.perately
adv.（副詞）
des.perateness
n.（名詞）

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