desperate 是什么意思
adj. 不顾一切的;令人绝望的;极度渴望的
desperate 记忆方法
1. de- "without" + sper- "hope" + -ate (形容词后缀) => 字面含义:without hope, lose all hope. => 既然没有希望了,当然就绝望了。
2. 看过美剧《绝望的主妇》(Desperate Housewives)的人,肯定很容易记住这个单词,该剧曾是全球收视率最高的电视剧,曾多次夺得美国单周收视排行榜冠军,并横扫美国各大颁奖典礼上的多个奖项。推荐没看过该剧的朋友们去看一看。
desperate 中文词源
desperate 绝望的,铤而走险的
来自despair, 绝望。
英语词源
desperate (adj.)early 15c., "despairing, hopeless," from Latin desperatus "given up, despaired of," past participle of desperare (see despair (v.)). Sense of "driven to recklessness" is fr
desperate 权威例句
- 1. Car firms are desperate to achieve economies of scale.
- 汽车厂商拼命想要实现规模经济。
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- 2. They admit they are now desperate for a lucky break.
- 他们承认现在急盼幸运之神的降临。
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- 3. The company'sclosure has left many small businessmen in desperate financial straits.
- 该公司的倒闭让很多小商人陷入了经济困境。
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- 4. Desperate with anxiety, Bob and Hans searched the whole house.
- 焦急万分的鲍勃和汉斯把整座房子找了个遍。
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- 5. He was desperate. He was in debt up to his ears.
- 他负债累累,走投无路。
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desperate 造句
- 1. Your description desperate, but only to analysis the statement of the word, you let us see the fundamental mistake.
- 你的描述令人绝望,不过只是对分析而言,你的陈述让人看到了它的根本错误。
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- 2. Sober nations have all at once become desperate gamblers, and risked almost their existence upon the turn of a piece of paper.
- 原本头脑清醒的国民突然马上变成了不顾一切的赌徒,将他们的生活建立在一张纸上。
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- 3. Meditate - During the worst times and the most desperate of occasions, meditating or saying a short heartfelt prayer makes a person feel better.
- 沉思 ——在最坏的时刻和最令人绝望的时候,沉思或做一个简短的衷心的祷告会使人感觉好些。
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- 4. Desperate people have tried everything from firing cannons into the sky to lacing clouds with silver iodide. Now researchers have attempted to make it rain with lasers.
- 不顾一切的人们已尝试过各种办法,从向空中发射炮弹催雨到云团中喷射碘化银。现在研究者们试着用激光催雨。
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- 5. On Tuesday, the women were desperate to see their home, but fearful.
- 周二,她们不顾一切的回到她们的家,却又充满恐惧。
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- 6. So it does make sense that people would start fornicating on this island, they’re all sounding desperate for a little bit of action!
- 所以这样的情况下,人们可能会在岛上私通,这是很合情理的,那不过是极度绝望中的人们的一点小娱乐。
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- 7. I was desperate to hear someone call my name or the digging machine start up, but there was only silence.
- 我极度渴望听见有人呼喊我的名字,或是听见挖土机起动的声音,但周围一片寂静。
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- 8. I was desperate for his attention.
- 我极度渴望得到他的关注。
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- 9. The enemy became desperate at the defeat.
- 敌人因失败而进行殊死挣扎。
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- 10. The enemy grew desperate at the defeat.
- 敌人因战败而拼死挣扎。
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- 11. But the question is should we be desperate at all?
- 但问题是我们就应该这样绝望下去吗?
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- 12. You should not be the hardest worker because that makes you look desperate.
- 你不应该是最累的工人,因为这会使你表现得很绝望 。
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- 13. Why do we clutch at this baggage,even when were desperate to move on?
- 为什么有人仍然抓住行李不放,即使我们不顾一切的向前看。
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- 14. They were that desperate to find out what happened next.
- 他们是那么迫切地想看到接下来将发生什么。
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- 15. Her parents live in the time, desperate to protect the fragile body of her, until both passing away, also maintained that posture.
- 她的父母在活着的时候,以脆弱的身躯拼死保护着她,直到双双逝去,还保持着那种姿势。
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- 16. Another “desperate job seeker” wrote: “Why not take up the job?
- 另一个“绝望的求职者”写道:“为什么不去干这项工作?
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- 17. It does not do anything for the organically desperate while for others it is so seductive that it needs no excuses.
- 对于官能的绝望是无能为力的事情,而对于其他,绝望是如此诱惑力,不需要借口的诱惑。
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- 18. As I entered my twilight years, in one last desperate attempt, I sought to change only my family, those closest to me, but alas they would have none of it.
- 在我暮年时,我还想最后有一次心灰意冷的尝试。我选择只是改变我的家庭,离我最近的人,还是一样,他们谁都没变。
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- 19. For himself, he grew desperate: his sorrow was of that kind that will not lament.
- 至于他自己,变得绝望了,他的悲哀是属于哭不出来的那种。
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- 20. Like any conflict, this one has its desperate refugees and its frustrated negotiators.
- 同任何斗争一样,这场斗争中有绝望的逃亡者和挫败的谈判员。
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- 21. Desperate for cash, he sells gold in order to load up on paper!
- 他急于获得现金,为了增加手中持有的纸币而变卖黄金!
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- 22. Desperate for cash, he sells gold in order to load up on paper!
- 他急于获得现金,为了增加手中持有的纸币而变卖黄金!
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- 23. A desperate man will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
- 一个亡命之徒为了达到自己的目的什么事都做得出来。
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- 24. In the desperate circumstances which followed, the government issued ever more notes.
- 在嗣后的危机年代里,政府愈加增发钞票。
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- 25. Desperate circumstances required desperate remedies.
- 在特殊的情况下,就要采取特殊的措施。
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- 26. After each desperate effort it shrank with a yell of pain.
- 每作出一次拼死的努力,它就凄厉的嚎叫着退缩一下。
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- 27. These fellows who attacked the inn tonight-bold, desperate blades, for sure.
- 今晚袭击这家旅馆的一股匪徒-毫无疑问,全是凶狠的亡命之徒。
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- 28. An instantaneous and strong impulse moved him to battle with his desperate fate.
- 一股迅疾而强有力的冲动促使他要向坎坷的命运奋斗。
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- 29. Only in desperate ills we mix heavenly with earth virtue.
- 只有在绝症的情况下,我们才把神秘和世俗的疗法结合在一起。
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- 30. A desperate attempt to rescue the three captive princes failed.
- 为营救三位被监禁的王子的一次冒险尝试没有成功。
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- 31. A desperate boredom always lay over those things until they got drunk.
- 这种宴会刚开场的时候总是沉闷得很,直到喝到酒酣耳热前。
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- 32. Italy blazed into a desperate insurrection.
- 意大利燃起了奋不顾身的起义的熊熊烈火。
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