| 单词 | desperate |
| 释义 | desperate (despərət ) 1. adjective B2 If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it. Troops are needed to help get food to the people in desperate need. Desperate with anxiety, Bob and Hans searched the whole house. He made a desperate attempt to hijack a plane. Synonyms: grave, great, pressing, serious desperately adverb [ADVERB with verb] B2 Thousands are desperately trying to leave their battered homes. Synonyms: gravely, badly, seriously, severely Synonyms: hopelessly, appallingly, shockingly, frightfully 2. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE, usually ADJECTIVE to-infinitive] B2 If you are desperate for something or desperate to do something, you want or need it very much indeed. They'd been married nearly four years and June was desperate to start a family. People are desperate for him to do something. [+ for] Synonyms: eager, longing, keen, raring desperately adverb [ADVERB with verb] B2 He was a boy who desperately needed affection. Synonyms: gravely, badly, seriously, severely Synonyms: hopelessly, appallingly, shockingly, frightfully Synonyms: urgently, intensely, with urgency, pressingly 3. adjective A desperate situation is very difficult, serious, or dangerous. India's United Nations ambassador said the situation is desperate. I decided not to abandon John when he was in such a desperate position. Collocations: desperate effort They move south in a desperate effort to escape the permanent winter. Times, Sunday Times In the first of a three-part docusoap, one of them breaks the rules in a desperate effort to secure the biggest haul of salmon. The Sun A desperate effort to be different never pays off. Times, Sunday Times They are calling on property owners for a rent holiday in a desperate effort to survive. Times,Sunday Times It seemed a desperate effort to boost his campaign. Times, Sunday Times Wise's troops are now left with nothing other than a desperate fight against relegation for the remainder of their troubled season. The Sun This beautifully filmed documentary follows the desperate fight over this perfect valley and the high price that wolves are willing to pay for living in paradise. Times, Sunday Times So what can be done to stop this early crisis from becoming a desperate fight against relegation? Times, Sunday Times Only a few months ago the education secretary almost stole the chancellor's job, forcing the incumbent to put up a desperate fight. Times, Sunday Times He was in the middle of a desperate fight to stop the government taking control of his bank. Times, Sunday Times I don't want to be full of dread and desperate hope. Times, Sunday Times He would fling a cupboard open and have a look in a vain, desperate hope she might have been there. The Sun In old age, she dedicates herself to reminding the world of the horror, in the desperate hope that it can be prevented from happening again. Times, Sunday Times The hours that followed were a horrible mix of confusion, fear and desperate hope. Times,Sunday Times And realise that with just one small donation you can help turn their desperate hopes into a reality. The Sun His initial desperate hunger to be on television reflected both a desire for acclaim and his business acumen, he thinks. Times,Sunday Times In a land of such desperate hunger, the wanton waste of milk seems unbelievable. Times, Sunday Times On one hand, that reflects a desperate hunger for trophies, which several other eminent managers would do well to learn from. Times, Sunday Times Huge volumes of sea and fresh water have been poured into the reactors and spent fuel ponds as a desperate measure to cool them down. Times, Sunday Times An increasingly desperate situation now has its desperate measure. Times, Sunday Times As a desperate measure, or every ten years or so, you can cut the whole lot down to 60cm in winter. Times, Sunday Times It took such a desperate measure to bring about a more reasonable distribution of television income. Times, Sunday Times As a desperate measure, the vaccine was delivered every day in doses high enough to make the patient severely ill. Times, Sunday Times One financial expert, however, described the offer as 'a desperate move'. Times, Sunday Times That desperate move remains anathema to leading figures in the euro area. Times, Sunday Times In a desperate move, she takes matters into her own hands. The Sun The desperate move has been made in a bid to stave off recession after plunges on world stock markets. The Sun One of its leading alumni accused the navy of casting away 150 years of tradition in a desperate move to ensure it has a fighting future. Times, Sunday Times Distinctive and low-rise but in desperate need of refurbishment. Times, Sunday Times The verbal contrast, though slight, marks the difference between a nihilistic denial of human connection and a desperate need to start afresh. The Times Literary Supplement She seems to be motivated by nothing more than a desperate need to have her story told. Times, Sunday Times They have never had a more desperate need for it than now. Times,Sunday Times But the repercussions of their desperate need for business could have an adverse effect on sentiment and on property prices. Times, Sunday Times It seemed a desperate plea by a sheepish defender and, in the past, the goal would have stood. The Sun Each yellow square of paper holds about six words: a couple of names, sometimes a telephone number, or a desperate plea to call. Times, Sunday Times I'm convinced it's a desperate plea for help. Times, Sunday Times Bear with me, this isn't a desperate plea to take her out for a drink. The Sun Last night's call for mass energy conservation was a desperate plea from the brink of disaster. Times, Sunday Times This persists despite the desperate plight of old-age-pension grant recipients. Mail and Guardian But he did leave behind a body of poetry, detailing the increasingly desperate plight of those trapped inside the walls of their prison city. Times, Sunday Times Labour, in contrast, was in a desperate plight. Times,Sunday Times His age charts the desperate plight of savers. Times, Sunday Times The desperate plight of these individuals was widely reported, including by your newspaper, at the time. Times, Sunday Times Admittedly, this made it look like a desperate ploy to save on the washing-up, but at least it kept its heat. Times, Sunday Times It was a desperate ploy. Times, Sunday Times In a desperate ploy he deliberately provokes a cop at a checkpoint, getting arrested and then later making an escape. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Millions remain at risk because they live in such desperate poverty. The Sun The gospel compels us to live differently in a world of desperate poverty. Christianity Today It's now recovering but there's still desperate poverty here. The Sun She overcame desperate poverty and life-threatening disease in childhood to become a global environmental icon. Times, Sunday Times It's a chaotic, multicultural place in the throes of upheaval, with an affluent elite and a burgeoning middle class emerging from what was once desperate poverty. Times, Sunday Times In our desperate quest for positivity and morale in wartime, we acknowledge the sacrifice but blot out the details. Times, Sunday Times Can't we see that this desperate quest to hold back time reflects not mastery of nature but the triumph of fear? Times, Sunday Times In a desperate quest for game and survival, the two find refuge and affirmation in each other. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Despite the legends and fiction surrounding this character, his actual career was punctuated by only a handful of skirmishes followed by a desperate quest to clear his name. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A desperate search was made for survivors, but none was found. Times,Sunday Times Coastguards battled severe winds in a helicopter, lifeboat and on the beach in a desperate search for him. The Sun Our increasingly desperate search for protein now leads to factory ships hoovering up krill - the tiny shrimp that many whales live on. Times, Sunday Times In the desperate search for significance, the neophyte will pay any price to be taken seriously. Christianity Today The series wound up after 13 years, by which time in a desperate search for ratings the plots had become increasingly surreal. Times, Sunday Times Competitive sealed bids and gazumping made a fierce comeback, as desperate sellers fought for their place on the property ladder. Times, Sunday Times These proud new owners convinced desperate sellers to accept discounts off properties that had already had their asking price reduced by about 20 per cent from their peak. Times, Sunday Times Despite the gloom, tentative signs are emerging that homeowners and cash-rich first-time buyers could be returning to the market, spurred on by reports of substantial discounts from desperate sellers. Times, Sunday Times Top brass have raised the top age for recruits by seven years to 33 to counter their desperate shortage of personnel. The Sun We're not in favour of building schools where there are surplus places, when there are other areas with a desperate shortage of places. Times, Sunday Times It doesn't add up and there's a desperate shortage of people agreeing to donate their organs after theirdeaths. Times, Sunday Times The rush into the trade began four years ago with a report that there was a desperate shortage of plumbers, who could earn 70,000 a year. Times, Sunday Times The war years were characterised by a desperate shortage of raw materials for civilian industry and of petrol, but these factors were not apparent instantly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I think they ran out of money and were in a desperate situation. The Sun Both make you aware of a torrent of thoughts as they sit on the bed reviewing a desperate situation. Times, Sunday Times We are in such an important and desperate situation that we just hoped that we didn't concede a second goal. Times, Sunday Times He couldn't understand it, but they were in a desperate situation. Times,Sunday Times We are airlifting hundreds of people away from this desperate situation every day through our evacuation flights. The Sun He sees that people in desperate straits are willing to do desperate things. Christianity Today The economy was in desperate straits: inflation was more than 20% and unemployment was rising rapidly. Times, Sunday Times He was in desperate straits and a little light relief seemed in order. Times, Sunday Times The charity appeals to rescue people from desperate straits are worthy, of course. Times, Sunday Times In return for bailing out the banks, we expected some return for our enforced subsidy - cheaper mortgages and compassion for borrowers in desperate straits. Times, Sunday Times There followed a desperate struggle to hang on to the ground. Times, Sunday Times They now face a desperate struggle to avoid defeat today. Times, Sunday Times The injuries sustained by her are consistent with a desperate struggle. The Sun Life was a constant, sometimes desperate struggle to make ends meet. Christianity Today Their desperate struggle raged on for eight hours before the pair finally disappeared from view. The Sun We elevate these people for their bonhomie, their blandness, their desperate wish to be loved. Times, Sunday Times In the documentary, he recalls his panic at discovering what he'd done and his desperate wish to turn back time. Times, Sunday Times Capitalism was always based upon cowardice and a desperate wish not to offend public sensibilities. Times, Sunday Times The advertisements are simple, increasingly desperate, and often heartbreaking. Times,Sunday Times Instead, the negotiators on all sides look increasingly desperate. Times, Sunday Times When you don't get it, send out increasingly desperate applications for ever more random roles. Times, Sunday Times Intrigued and increasingly desperate, she decides to track him down, or at least find out what happened to him. Times,Sunday Times The less response she gets, the more she'll up her game in an increasingly desperate attempt to make you react. Times, Sunday Times How truly desperate and insecure a person must be to want to rework an image of their younger self. The Sun And for the truly desperate, the practice of robbery has acquired a new subdivision: 'prescription theft'. Times, Sunday Times This was denounced by the 'yes' camp as 'truly desperate stuff'. Times, Sunday Times Wickets tumbled to an array of quality seamers and the fielding was sharp and enthusiastic in truly desperate conditions. Times,Sunday Times I am truly desperate for it to stop and cannot imagine ever making it through. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 绝望的 Japanese: 必死の |
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