Desperate
[ 'dɛspərət ]
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adj. 绝望的;由绝望而引起的;铤而走险的，孤注一掷的;急切的，极度渴望的;
💡 词根助记
de去掉+sper希望+ate动词后缀→去掉希望→绝望的
📝 例句
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。
He was desperate for work to provide for a large family.
他渴望有个工作,挣钱供养子女众多的家。
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。
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。
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。
🌱 联想助记
【串】演员需要operate(动手术),难和对手cooperate(合作),把笑料来generate(生成),清闲难以tolerate(忍受),生命步伐accelerate(加快),大胆登台desperate不顾一切),健康因此degenerate(恶化)
【记】※ de-拼音“德”,sp-拼音“蛇皮”,er-拼音“儿”,ate-吃:德国的蛇皮儿都被吃光了,真令人绝望
※ de-前缀“不、非”, sper-词根“spair希望”,ate-形缀:对…不再存有一点希望→因而不顾死活的
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-sper-表示“希望”
常见变体有-spair-
📖 牛津释义
desperate
adj
1 feeling or showing great despair and ready to do anything regardless of danger 感到绝望而不惜冒险的; 拚命的; 不顾一切的
The prisoners grew more desperate. 囚徒们在绝望中更加不顾死活了.
She wrote me a desperate letter. 她给我写了一封信表示因绝望而不惜孤注一掷.
2 [attrib 作定语]
violent and sometimes against the law 凶暴的; 犯法的
a desperate criminal, act, robbery 无法无天的罪犯、 行为、 抢劫.
3 [usu pred 通常作表语]
~ (for sth/to do sth) in great need (of sth/to do sth) 极需要（某事物[做某事]）
They're desperate for money. 他们极需钱.
(infml 口) Have you got some water? I'm desperate (for a drink). 你有水吗? 我很想喝（一点）.
I'm desperate to see her. 我很想见到她.
4 extremely serious or dangerous 极严重的; 极危险的
a desperate situation, shortage, illness 危局、 奇缺、 重病
The state of the country is desperate. 该国局势危殆.
5 [usu attrib 通常作定语]
giving little hope of success; tried when all else has failed 成功希望渺茫的; 孤注一掷的
a desperate remedy, measure, etc 成功希望渺茫的补救方法、 孤注一掷的措施.
🎯 考研助记
despair(n.绝望)-desperate(v.绝望的 网友：yqy补充： de去掉+sper+ate→去掉希望→绝望的)[Sper=hope,表示"希望"]
🔁 扩展释义
*['despәrәt]a. 不顾一切的, 危急的, 令人绝望的, 极渴望的
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As poor as a church mouse.
一文不名。
Now it is the child's turn to make a good home for his children.
现在轮到孩子们自己为其儿女建造美好的家庭了。
In place of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries patches of green had begun to appear in the blackened soil.
一片片的绿草开始出现在这片烧焦的土地上，代替了多少世纪以来一直生长在那里的参天大树。