desperately

des·per·ate

D0163100 (dĕs′pər-ĭt)adj.1. Having lost all hope; despairing.2. Marked by, arising from, or showing despair: the desperate look of hunger; a desperate cry for help.3. Reckless or violent because of despair: a desperate criminal.4. Undertaken out of extreme urgency or as a last resort: a desperate attempt to save the family business.5. Nearly hopeless; critical: a desperate illness; a desperate situation.6. Suffering or driven by great need or distress: desperate for recognition.7. Extremely intense: felt a desperate urge to tell the truth.

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[Middle English desperat, from Latin dēspērātus, past participle of dēspērāre, to despair; see despair.]

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des′per·ate·ly adv.des′per·ate·ness n.

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	desperately - with great urgency; "health care reform is needed urgently"; "the soil desperately needed potash"urgently
	2.	desperately - in intense despair; "the child clung desperately to her mother"

desperately

adverb1. gravely, badly, seriously, severely, dangerously, perilously a man who was desperately ill with cancer2. urgently, intensely, with urgency, pressingly He was a boy who desperately needed affection.

Translations

孤注一掷地绝望地

desperate

(ˈdespərət) adjective1. (sometimes used loosely) despairingly reckless or violent. She was desperate to get into university; a desperate criminal. 不顧一切的 不顾一切的，拼命的 2. very bad or almost hopeless. We are in a desperate situation. 危急的 危急的3. urgent and despairing. He made a desperate appeal for help. (因絕望而)不顧一切的，孤注一擲的 （因绝望而）不顾一切的，孤注一掷的 ˈdesperately adverb 孤注一擲地 孤注一掷地ˌdespeˈration nounIn desperation we asked the police for help. 絕望 绝望

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