| 单词 | desperate |
| 释义 | des·per·ate I. 1. < he seemed, somehow, helpless and desperate, as if he had come to the end of his tether — Rose Macaulay > : giving no ground for hope < the prospect was not only grim, it was desperate. Britain stood alone; Dunkirk, for all its heroism, had been a disaster — H.S.Commager > 2. a. < there is reason to believe that they jumped overboard of their own will, made desperate at the sight of the sacrifice of a brother — B.N.Cardozo > : likely to seize at wild vain hopes < act with the folly and extravagance of desperate men — Adam Smith > : involving the adoption of grim, rash, or otherwise extreme measures to escape defeat or frustration < they have gradually lost faith in their own traditional ways and are ready for any desperate attempt to catch up with modern civilization — M.H.Trytten > b. < those artists whom the presage of an early death stimulates to a desperate activity — Roger Fry > < had conceived the desperate idea of seeking the family fortune in the United States — Helen B. Woodward > c. < it found her despairing: it left her desperate — two different states — Charlotte Brontë > especially < the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific — G.C.Marshall > < there is such a thing as a desperate pursuit of Truth; a pursuit fierce, relentless, absorbing — J.C.Powys > d. < the old lady was desperate for money — Mary R. Rinehart > < desperate for something to do — F.L.Keefe > < in sudden terror at his tone, desperate to please him — B.A.Williams > 3. a. (1) < that A is in affluent circumstances while B is in desperate straits, with heavy responsibilities — W.M.Sibley > < for many institutions, the financial stringency which had been desperate during the war — T.L.Hungate > (2) < a desperate debt > b. < on all the fighting fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of adequate materiel — G.C.Marshall > < the question of defense has been desperate for Israel from the day it became a state in 1948 — Claire Sterling > c. < the bitter, desperate striving unto death of the oppressed race — Rose Macaulay > < iron plates which Renwick had a desperate time getting because of the war — James Dugan > 4. < I take desperate likes and dislikes — John Buchan > < a desperate languor descended heavily upon her, and she slept — Elinor Wylie > < two archrivals may be seen avoiding each other with desperate zeal — R.D.Altick > 5. < everywhere there was a desperate grime and greasiness — William McFee > < sentimentality is a desperate word to hurl at an artist of any kind — Herbert Read > Synonyms: see despondent II. 1. archaic 2. obsolete III. dialect IV. |
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