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单词 desperation
释义 des·per·a·tion
\ˌdespəˈrāshən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English desperacioun, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French desperation, from Latin desperation-, desperatio, from desperatus + -ion, -io -ion
1. : the quality or state of being desperate
 < disillusionment and disgust may become desperationTimes Literary Supplement >
: a loss or abandonment of hope and surrender to misery or dread
 < he shivered with fear and with cold, and a desperation began to possess him — Farley Mowat >
also : a strong urgency
 < the very desperation of this dire need for some glimpse into that darkness which is the future — F.L.Mott >
2. : adoption of a last resource : a seizing on any action or means that offer any hope of success regardless of consequences : extreme recklessness
 < with all the desperation of a fox caught by wire netting in a fowl run — J.C.Powys >
 < she had had the courage of desperation, and that had saved her from failure — Ellen Glasgow >
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