| 单词 | desperate |
| 释义 | desperatedesperate /ˈdɛsprɪt, -pərɪt/ ●●○ adjective 1willing to do anything to change a very bad situation, and not caring about danger: I had no money left and was desperate. the missing teenager’s desperate parentsbe desperate to do something Many people were desperate to leave the country.2needing or wanting something very much: desperate for Desperate for ideas, Hollywood often recycles movie plots.3a desperate situation is very bad or serious: a desperate shortage of doctors The schools are in desperate need of good teachers.4a desperate action is something that you only do because you are in a very bad situation: desperate attempt/bid/effort The prisoners made a desperate attempt to escape. The country is taking desperate measures (=taking desperate actions) to improve the economy. |
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