desperate
/ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹɪt/ 形容词 B1中文： 绝望
- In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire. · I hadn't eaten in two days and was desperate for food.· desperate to eat; desperate for attention
- Being filled with, or in a state of, despair; hopeless. · I was so desperate at one point, I even went to see a loan shark.
- Beyond hope, leaving little reason for hope; causing despair; extremely perilous. · a desperate disease; desperate fortune
- Involving or employing extreme measures, without regard to danger or safety; reckless due to hopelessness. · He dove into the rushing waters in a desperate effort to save her life.
- Extremely bad; outrageous, shocking; intolerable.
- Intense; extremely intense.
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won’t she be savage if I’ve kept her waiting!” Alice felt so desperate that she was ready to ask help of any one; so, when the Rabbit came near her, she began, in a low, timid voice, “If you please, sir—” The Rabbit started violently, dropped the white kid gloves and the fan, and skurried away into the darkness as hard as he could go.
She wheeled around in her chair, expecting to see Diana, and beheld a white-faced girl whose great eyes were brimmed up with a mixture of desperate courage and shrinking terror.
While Miss Harris was counting out his change he rallied his powers for a final desperate attempt.
And you know how desperate hard it’s got to be to get hired help.
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