英汉词典

desperate 基本解释

adj.

绝望的；由绝望而引起的；铤而走险的，孤注一掷的；急切的，极度渴望的

双语释义

adj.(形容词)不顾一切的,拼命的 ready to do anything regardless of danger[A]铤而走险的,孤注一掷的 tried when all else has failed[P]极想望的,极需要的 in great need危急的,极严重的 extremely difficult and dangerous

英英释义

desperate[ 'despərət ]

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

"they prey on the hopes of the desperate"

adj.arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope

"a desperate cry for help"; "helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether"; "her desperate screams"

同义词：despairing

desperately determined

同义词：do-or-die(a)

(of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair

"a desperate criminal"; "taken hostage of desperate men"

showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort

"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"

同义词：heroic

showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire

"felt a desperate urge to confess"; "a desperate need for recognition"

fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless

"a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"

同义词：dire

desperate 相关例句

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)副词+～

• be somewhat desperate有点绝望

～+介词

• be desperate at因…而绝望
• be desperate for极想…

同近义词辨析

desperate, hopeless

desperate因绝望而铤而走险

hopeless无任何希望；

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. The situation is desperate.
   情况令人感到绝。
2. I had no money left and was desperate.
   我一点钱都没有了,简直绝望了。
3. They made a desperate plea for help.
   他们不顾一切地恳求帮助。
4. His failure made him desperate.
   他因失败而铤而走险。
5. The man lost in the desert was desperate for water.
   在沙漠中迷失方向的人极度渴望得到水。
6. He is desperate to get a job.
   他非常渴求得一职。

权威例句

The Desperate Need for Replications
Desperate Times, Desperate Measures: The Causes of Civilian Victimization in War
Desperate larvae: Influence of deferred costs and habitat requirements on habitat selection
Great and Desperate Cures: The Rise and Decline of Psychosurgery & Other Radical Treatments for Mental Illness
Great and desperate cures: The rise and decline of psychosurgery and other radical treatments for mental illness.
Hemicraniotomy in Space-Occupying Hemispheric Infarction: Useful Early Intervention or Desperate Activism?
Variation in the dispersal potential of non-feeding invertebrate larvae: The desperate larva hypothesis and larval size
Monocytes in heart failure: relationship to a deteriorating immune overreaction or a desperate attempt for tissue repair?
Settlement of the gregarious tube worm Hydroides dianthus (Polychaeta : Serpulidae). II. Testing the desperate larva hypothesis
Predation risk and habitat selection of Australian house mice , Mus domesticus, during an incipient plague: desperate behaviour due ...