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feeling or showing that you have little hope and are ready to do anything without worrying about danger to yourself or others （因绝望而）不惜冒险的，不顾一切的，拼命的 The prisoners grew increasingly desperate. 犯人因绝望而越来越胆大妄为。 Stores are getting desperate after two years of poor sales. 两年来销路不畅，商店不惜冒起险来。 Somewhere out there was a desperate man, cold, hungry, hunted. 那外面有个男人又冷又饿，还有人抓他，走投无路了。 I heard sounds of a desperate struggle in the next room. 我听到隔壁房间里有拼命挣扎的声音。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsb2I was starting to get desperate. 我开始变得不顾一切了。 She felt utterly desperate. 她感到彻底绝望了。 The sudden loss of his money had made him desperate. 钱突然没了使他绝望。
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(of an action 行为 giving little hope of success; tried when everything else has failed 绝望的；孤注一掷的；铤而走险的 He made a desperate bid for freedom. 他为获自由孤注一掷。 She clung to the edge in a desperate attempt to save herself. 为了活命，她拼命抓住边缘。 His increasing financial difficulties forced him to take desperate measures. 不断增加的经济困难迫使他采取了铤而走险的办法。 Doctors were fighting a desperate battle to save the little girl's life. 医生们不惜一切地奋力抢救小女孩的生命。
Extra ExamplesTopics Difficulty and failureb2a desperate search for a way out 绝望地寻找出路 Jake held up his hands in a desperate plea for calm. 杰克举起双手，绝望地请求平静。 Kaleil's final, desperate efforts to save the business come to naught. 卡莱勒为挽救公司所做的最后的绝望努力化为乌有。
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needing or wanting something very much 非常需要；极想；渴望 - desperate for something
He was so desperate for a job he would have done anything. 他当时太想找份工作了，什么事都愿意干。 - (informal)
I'm desperate for a cigarette. 我很想抽支烟。 to be desperate for money/help/cash/attention 急需金钱/帮助/现金/关注 - desperate to do something
I was absolutely desperate to see her. 我极想见到她。 She was desperate to escape small town life. 她急于逃离小镇生活。
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(of a situation 情况 extremely serious or dangerous 极严重的；极危险的；很危急的 The children are in desperate need of love and attention. 这些孩子非常需要爱心和关注。 They face a desperate shortage of clean water. 他们面临洁净水的严重短缺。 His financial situation was desperate. 他的财务状况令人绝望。 He had died in desperate poverty. 他在极度贫困中死去。 American farmers are in desperate straits today. 今天，美国农民陷入了绝望的困境。
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Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘in despair’): from Latin desperatus ‘deprived of hope’, past participle of desperare, from de- ‘down from’ + sperare ‘to hope’.