desperate是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 very serious or bad -- 非常嚴重的；非常糟糕的

  • desperate poverty 赤貧

  • a desperate shortage of food/supplies 食物／供應品的極度匱乏

  • The situation is desperate - we have no food, very little water and no medical supplies. 形勢非常嚴峻——我們沒有食物和藥物，只有很少的水。

  • The earthquake survivors are in desperate need of help. 地震倖存者極需幫助。

  • He has a desperate desire to succeed. 他非常渴望成功。

  • informal I'm in a desperate hurry. 我非常急切。

• 1 needing or wanting something very much -- 非常需要的；非常想要的

  • They are desperate for help. 他們非常需要幫助。

  • UK humorous I'm desperate for a drink! 我特別想喝一杯！

  • [ + to infinitive ] UK humorous He was desperate to tell someone his good news. 他很想把自己的好消息告訴別人。

• 2 feeling that you have no hope and are ready to do anything to change the bad situation you are in -- （因絕望而）拼命的，不顧一切的

  • The doctors made one last desperate attempt/effort to save the boy's life. 醫生們為挽救男孩的生命作了最後一次努力。

  • Desperate measures are needed to deal with the growing drug problem. 需要對越來越嚴重的毒品問題採取強而有力的措施。

  • They made a desperate plea for help. 他們拼命求助。

  • This man is desperate and should not be approached since he may have a gun. 此人已是亡命之徒，可能還有槍，千萬不要靠近。