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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2935 COCA: 3091

desperate

Word family 
des·per·ate /ˈdespərət/ ●●○ S3 W3 adjectiveadj
1  SERIOUS SITUATIONwilling to do anything to change a very bad situation, and not caring about danger 〔爲了改變糟糕境遇而〕不惜冒險的，拼命的，絕望的
I had no money left and was desperate.
我身無分文，已經走投無路了。
Time was running out and we were getting desperate.
時間越來越少，我們越來越感到絕望。
the missing teenager’s desperate parents
失蹤少年絕望的父母
desperate with
She was desperate with fear.
她因恐懼而感到絕望。
2  WANTNEEDneeding or wanting something very much 非常需要…的，極其需要…的
desperate for
The team is desperate for a win.
這支球隊急需一場勝利。
I was desperate for a cigarette.
我很想抽支煙。
desperate to do something
He was desperate to get a job.
他急於找到一份工作。
3  SERIOUS SITUATIONa desperate situation is very bad or serious 〔局勢〕危急的，嚴峻的
a desperate shortage of doctors
醫生極度缺乏
We’re in desperate need of help.
我們亟待幫助。
► see thesaurus at serious
4  SERIOUS SITUATIONa desperate action is something that you only do because you are in a very bad situation 〔行動〕孤注一擲的
desperate attempt/bid/effort
a desperate attempt to escape
孤注一擲企圖逃跑
We resorted to desperate measures.
我們采取了破釜沉舟的做法。
desperate battle/struggle/fight
a desperate struggle to rescue the men
不惜一切營救那些人的努力
n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 4: a desperate action is something that you only do because you are in a very bad situation
nouns
a desperate attempt
Brian’s parents agreed to the treatment in a desperate attempt to save his life.
a desperate bid (=attempt)
He was standing in the middle of the road in a desperate bid to get help.
a desperate effort
A desperate effort was made to reach an agreement.
a desperate struggle/battle/fight
The climbers faced a desperate struggle to reach safety.
desperate measures (=extreme things you do to stop a problem or bad situation)
They had to take desperate measures to stop the spread of the disease.
a desperate search
The female bear has left her young in a desperate search for food.
Examples from the Corpus
desperate• Another two weeks without emergency aid and I'd think things could become quite desperate.• We have members of our association who are desperate and worried sick as to how they are going to survive.• I was inspired by her optimism in the face of such desperate conditions.• Had he not been she might have telephoned him instead of Nick, when she had been desperate for company.• Pushing himself up, he staggered on, feeling angry and desperate inside.• The hospital is full of people in desperate need of medical attention.• TV stations broadcast an appeal from the teenager's desperate parents.• There was a desperate shortage of doctors.• Refugees on the border are living in appalling conditions with desperate shortages of food, medicine and water.• In desperate situations of life or death people come up with unheard-of wisdom.• The situation was desperate. The enemy were now only a mile away.• The situation is desperate -- there are just not enough beds in the hospital.• Musicians were so desperate to hear Michelangeli that they borrowed violin cases and sneaked in through the stage door.• Punters get desperate when the firm they are dealing with is about to go bust.
getting desperate• Harvard's dealing director started getting desperate.• Paul says he was getting desperate.• We'd had a couple just stay on the lip and we were getting desperate.• They're getting desperate about the cabaret.• High Street shops are getting desperate after two years of poor sales.• I think they're getting desperate and Berlin seems the likeliest cause.• Miguel was getting desperate thoughts about it, convinced he had been hasty.• Television manufacturers are getting desperate to attract customers.
desperate for• Desperate for ideas, Hollywood often recycles movie plots.
desperate shortage• While toy sales here have hit a record high they face a desperate shortage of clean water.• Again the desperate shortage of materials and the home-made nature of the goods was evident.• Surely London employers were suffering from a desperate shortage of school-leavers?
desperate attempt/bid/effort• The independence wars are not freak events but desperate efforts at cultural survival.• In a last desperate attempt to free himself of investigation, Nixon dismissed the special prosecutor Cox in October 1973.• Or as a desperate bid to get Aviemore to come up with the money?• Riven hung on to his mount's bridle grimly whilst it bucked and reared in a desperate effort to get away.• She made a desperate attempt to move.• He made two desperate attempts to recoup by staging the kind of garish spectacle that had once lured customers to the Falls.• Fights erupted outside supermarkets as shoppers battled for parking spaces in desperate efforts to stock up with canned goods.• Protestors had climbed lime trees in a desperate bid to stop them being destroyed.
Origin desperate
(1300-1400) Latin desperatus, past participle of desperare; → DESPAIR2
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2935 COCA: 3091
desperate

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION VERBS➤be, feel, look, seem, sound絕望；感到絕望；看起來絕望；似乎沒有希望；聽起來絕望▸➤become, get變得絕望◇I was starting to get desperate.我開始變得絕望。➤make sb使某人絕望◇The sudden loss of his money had made him desperate.錢突然沒了使他絕望。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其／相當／非常絕望▸➤really, truly真的／實在絕望▸➤absolutely, utterly徹底絕望◇She felt utterly desperate.她感到徹底絕望了。➤increasingly越來越絕望▸➤almost幾乎絕望▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒／略感絕望PREPOSITION➤about對⋯絕望◇I felt desperate about my future.我對未來感到絕望。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2935 COCA: 3091
desperate adj.
⇨ desperate (feel desperate) ⇨ serious 1 (in desperate need) desperate

adjective

desperate ♦︎ in despair ♦︎ despairing ♦︎ suicidal ♦︎ hopelessThese words all describe sb who feels or shows little or no hope. 這些詞均表示感到絕望的或顯得絕望的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆desperate / in despair / despairing about sth◆a desperate / despairing cry / look◆to feel desperate / suicidal / hopeless◆almost desperate / in despair / despairing / suicidal■ desperate ˈdespərət (of a person) feeling that you have little hope and are ready to do anything without worrying about danger to yourself or others; (of an action) giving little hope of success; tried when everything else has failed （人）不惜冒險的，不顧一切的；（行爲）孤注一擲的，铤而走險的◆I was starting to get desperate.我開始變得不顧一切了。◆Somewhere out there was a desperate man, cold, hungry, hunted.外面有個男人又冷又餓，還被人追捕，已經走投無路了。◆I heard sounds of a desperate struggle.我聽到了拼命掙紮的聲音。◆He made a desperate bid for freedom.他爲獲自由孤注一擲。◆She clung to the edge in a desperate attempt to save herself.爲了活命，她拼命抓住那邊緣不放。▸ desperately

adverb

◆He took a deep breath, desperately trying to keep calm.他深吸一口氣，竭力保持鎮靜。◆She looked desperately around for a weapon.她四處尋找，急於弄到一件武器。■ in deˈspair

phrase

feeling that you have lost all hope 絕望地◆Ruth shook her head in despair.露絲絕望地搖了搖頭。◆Eventually, he gave up in despair.最終，他絕望地放棄了。■ despairing (written) feeling or showing that you have lost all hope 感到絕望的；表現絕望的◆With every day that passed he became ever more despairing.随着日子一天天過去，他變得更絕望了。◆With a despairing cry, she flung herself onto the sofa.她絕望地叫了一聲，撲倒在沙發上。▸ despairingly

adverb

◆She looked despairingly at the mess.她絕望地看着眼前這一片狼藉。■ suicidal ˌsuːɪˈsaɪdl, BrE also ˌsjuːɪˈsaɪdlpeople who are suicidal feel that they want to kill themselves 想自殺的；有自殺傾向的◆On bad days I felt almost suicidal.趕上不順心的日子，我都覺得不想活了。◆Some sufferers admit to suicidal tendencies.有些患者承認有自殺傾向。  see also suicide ⇨ murder ■ hopeless feeling or showing no hope 感到絕望的；表現絕望的◆She felt lonely and hopeless.她覺得孤獨絕望。◆With a hopeless shrug of resignation, he turned back.他絕望地聳了聳肩，無可奈何地轉過身去。 OPP hopeful ⇨ optimistic NOTE 辨析 In despair, despairing or hopeless?If you are in despair or despairing, you often feel frustrated that sth is not going to happen or change after waiting or trying for a long time. This feeling is often shown as anger, crying or shouting. If you are hopeless, you are sad and depressed because you feel that nothing good can happen. This feeling is often shown as sadness or being quiet. * in despair或despairing指因長期等待或嘗試後某事仍不發生或改變而感到受挫，常以憤怒、哭泣或呼喊的方式表現。hopeless則指因覺得不會有好事發生而難過或沮喪，常以悲傷或沉默的方式表現。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2935 COCA: 3091

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