Desperate

[ˈdespərət] [ˈdespərət]
  • 副词:desperately;
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    • desperate diseases must have desperate remedies
      (proverb)extreme measures are justified as a response to a difficult or dangerous situation (谚)重症还得猛药治;对困难或危险的处境可以采取极端的措施
    英语四级真题
    • For workers, especially low-paid workers, who desperately need their jobs yet know they can be easily replaced, gamification may feel more like the Hunger Games.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    英语六级真题
    • As I said, structural unemployment isn't a real problem, it's an excuse—a reason not to act on America's problems at a time when action is desperately needed.
      出自-2016年6月阅读原文
    • The more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug.
      出自-2012年12月阅读原文
    • They are in desperate need of financial assistance.
      出自-2011年6月听力原文
    • I was lucky that my last desperate attempt led to a job.
      2019年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
    • The company also embarked on a desperate cost-cutting program, which included the elimination of thousands of jobs.
      2015年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A
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    • Noun
      1. a person who is frightened and in need of help;
      "they prey on the hopes of the desperate"
    • Adjective
      1. arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope;
      "a despairing view of the world situation""the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal""a desperate cry for help""helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether""her desperate screams"
      2. desperately determined;
      "do-or-die revolutionaries""a do-or-die conflict"
      3. (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair;
      "a desperate criminal""taken hostage of desperate men"
      4. showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort;
      "made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber""the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall"they took heroic measures to save his life"
      5. showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire;
      "felt a desperate urge to confess""a desperate need for recognition"
      6. fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless;
      "a desperate illness""on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall"a dire emergency"