单词
desperate
读音
ˈdespərət
美式
英式
词根
"Desperate" 的词根是 Latin 词 "desperare"，意思是失去希望或者绝望。
释义
adj. 不顾一切的；令人绝望的；极度渴望的
例句
The prisoners grew increasingly desperate.
犯人因绝望而越来越胆大妄为。
She was unable to restrain her desperate anger.
她无法抑制她那不顾一切的愤怒。
I'm desperate for a cigarette.
我很想抽支烟。
The prisoners grew increasingly desperate.
犯人因绝望而越来越胆大妄为。
She was unable to restrain her desperate anger.
她无法抑制她那不顾一切的愤怒。
I'm desperate for a cigarette.
我很想抽支烟。
强化记忆
你可以通过联想方法来记忆这个单词，它的前半部分 "des-" 像 "die"（死），后半部 "perate" 像 "perish"（灭亡），一起就像是在形容一种"濒临生死"的状态，和 "desperate" （绝望）的含义是相吻合的。"Desperate" 的用法源于在 15世纪晚期，当时主要用来形容事情的危急性和关键性，而在之后的发展中，它的含义也扩展到了对个人状态和情感的描述，变得更为复杂且丰富。
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when he realizes how much his mother and sister have sacrificed for his success.Increasingly desperateafter selling the last of his valuables to an elderly pawnbroker,
and as President Hosni Mubarakattempted a desperate moveto quash the rising revolution on the streets of Cairo,
But most civil servants are grossly underpaidand are leading desperate lives.And so for them, extortion or corruption is a good way to make a living.
And the thing is, these places are full of students and academicswho are desperate to collaborate,and the truth is
Frankly, I think that solo sex was seen as a last resort,a desperate or lonely actinstead of a fundamentally empowering exploration.
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大学,出国,高中,专升本-自考,专四专八,其他
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