Desperate

['desp(ə)rət] or ['dɛspərət]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a person who is frightened and in need of help; 'they prey on the hopes of the desperate'.

(adj.) 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' .

(adj.) 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' .

(adj.) showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire; 'felt a desperate urge to confess'; 'a desperate need for recognition' .

(adj.) desperately determined; 'do-or-die revolutionaries'; 'a do-or-die conflict' .

(adj.) (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair; 'a desperate criminal'; 'taken hostage of desperate men' .

爱德温錄入--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.

(a.) Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune.

(a.) Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort.

(a.) Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality.

(n.) One desperate or hopeless.

哈伦校對

同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Despairing, hopeless, without hope.[2]. Wretched, forlorn, beyond hope.[3]. Rash, reckless, precipitate, headlong, frantic.

格罗夫斯整理

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Wild, daring, audacious, determined, reckless, abandoned, rash, furious,frantic, despairing, regardless, mad, desponding, hapless, inextricable,irremediable

ANT:Cool, calm, cautious, timid, shy, irresolute, remediable, hopeful, promising,propitious

手打:旺达

解釋/意思:

adj. in a state of despair: hopeless: beyond hope: fearless of danger: rash: furious.—adv. Des′perately.—ns. Des′perateness Desperā′tion state of despair: disregard of danger: fury.

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