desperation

noun

/ˌdespəˈreɪʃn/

[uncountable]

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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 Examples
- Driven 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。
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Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- pure
- sheer
- quiet
- …
… of desperation
- hint
- note
verb + desperation
- feel
- drive somebody to
preposition
- in (your) desperation
- out of desperation
- desperation about
- …
phrases
- an act of desperation
- courage, strength, etc. born of desperation
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin desperatio(n-), from the verb desperare, from de- ‘down from’ + sperare ‘to hope’.

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