desperation
noun /ˌdespəˈreɪʃn/
/ˌdespəˈreɪʃn/
[uncountable]- the state of being desperate
绝望；拼命；铤而走险 - in desperation In desperation, she called Louise and asked for her help.
在走投无路的情况下，她给路易丝打了个电话请她帮忙。 - There was a note of desperation in his voice.
听他的语气他急得要命。 - an act of sheer desperation
完全不顾一切的行为
Topics Feelingsc2- Driven to desperation by our noisy neighbours, we called the police.
我们给邻居吵得受不了，就打电话找警察了。 - In desperation, I decided to try acupuncture.
我走投无路，就决定试试针刺疗法。 - In his desperation to escape, Tom had slipped and broken a leg.
汤姆在拚命逃跑时滑倒摔断了一条腿。 - Many of us feel a quiet desperation at the future.
我们中许多人都暗暗对未来感到绝望。 - She became a thief out of sheer desperation.
她因为彻底绝望而成了小偷。 - The robbery was an act of desperation.
这次抢劫是铤而走险之举。 - We realized with a sense of growing desperation that nobody knew we were in there.
意识到没有人知道我们在那里，我们愈发绝望。 - With strength born of desperation, she managed to break down the door.
她情急之下爆发出一股力量，撞开了房门。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- pure
- sheer
- quiet
- …
- hint
- note
- feel
- drive somebody to
- in (your) desperation
- out of desperation
- desperation about
- …
- an act of desperation
- courage, strength, etc. born of desperation
词源late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin desperatio(n-), from the verb desperare, from de- ‘down from’ + sperare ‘to hope’. - in desperation In desperation, she called Louise and asked for her help.