the state of being desperate 绝望;拼命;铤而走险 - in desperation
In desperation, she called Louise and asked for her help. 在走投无路的情况下,她给路易丝打了个电话请她帮忙。 There was a note of desperation in his voice. 听他的语气他急得要命。 an act of sheer desperation 完全不顾一切的行为
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2Driven to desperation by our noisy neighbours, we called the police. 我们给邻居吵得受不了,就打电话找警察了。 In desperation, I decided to try acupuncture. 我走投无路,就决定试试针刺疗法。 In his desperation to escape, Tom had slipped and broken a leg. 汤姆在拚命逃跑时滑倒摔断了一条腿。 Many of us feel a quiet desperation at the future. 我们中许多人都暗暗对未来感到绝望。 She became a thief out of sheer desperation. 她因为彻底绝望而成了小偷。 The robbery was an act of desperation. 这次抢劫是铤而走险之举。 We realized with a sense of growing desperation that nobody knew we were in there. 意识到没有人知道我们在那里,我们愈发绝望。 With strength born of desperation, she managed to break down the door. 她情急之下爆发出一股力量,撞开了房门。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- pure
- sheer
- quiet
- …
- hint
- note
- feel
- drive somebody to
- in (your) desperation
- out of desperation
- desperation about
- …
- an act of desperation
- courage, strength, etc. born of desperation
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin desperatio(n-), from the verb desperare, from de- ‘down from’ + sperare ‘to hope’.- in desperation