desperate 音标拼音: [d'ɛsprɪt] [d'ɛspɚɪt]
a . 不顾死活的,危急的,令人绝望的,极渴望的
不顾死活的,危急的,令人绝望的,极渴望的
desperate adj 1 :
arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope ; "
a despairing view of the world situation "; "
the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal "; "
a desperate cry for help "; "
helpless and desperate --
as if at the end of his tether "; "
her desperate screams " [
synonym :
{
despairing }, {
desperate }]
2 :
desperately determined ; "
do -
or -
die revolutionaries "; "
a do -
or -
die conflict " [
synonym : {
desperate }, {
do -
or -
die (
a )}]
3 : (
of persons )
dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair ; "
a desperate criminal "; "
taken hostage of desperate men "
4 :
showing extreme courage ;
especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort ; "
made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber "; "
the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war "-
G .
C .
Marshall ; "
they took heroic measures to save his life " [
synonym : {
desperate }, {
heroic }]
5 :
showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire ; "
felt a desperate urge to confess "; "
a desperate need for recognition "
6 :
fraught with extreme danger ;
nearly hopeless ; "
a desperate illness "; "
on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel "-
G .
C .
Marshall ; "
a dire emergency " [
synonym : {
desperate }, {
dire }]
n 1 :
a person who is frightened and in need of help ; "
they prey on the hopes of the desperate "
Desperate \
Des "
per *
ate \,
n .
One desperate or hopeless . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
Desperate \
Des "
per *
ate \,
a . [
L .
desperatus ,
p .
p .
of desperare .
See {
Despair },
and cf . {
Desperado }.]
1 .
Without hope ;
given to despair ;
hopeless . [
Obs .]
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1913 Webster ]
I am desperate of obtaining her . --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Beyond hope ;
causing despair ;
extremely perilous ;
irretrievable ;
past cure ,
or ,
at least ,
extremely dangerous ;
as ,
a desperate disease ;
desperate fortune .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
Proceeding from ,
or suggested by ,
despair ;
without regard to danger or safety ;
reckless ;
furious ;
as ,
a desperate effort . "
Desperate expedients ." --
Macaulay .
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1913 Webster ]
4 .
Extreme ,
in a bad sense ;
outrageous ; --
used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality .
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1913 Webster ]
A desperate offendress against nature . --
Shak .
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The most desperate of reprobates . --
Macaulay .
Syn :
Hopeless ;
despairing ;
desponding ;
rash ;
headlong ;
precipitate ;
irretrievable ;
irrecoverable ;
forlorn ;
mad ;
furious ;
frantic .
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1913 Webster ]
111 Moby Thesaurus words for "
desperate ":
Dionysiac ,
accident -
prone ,
aching for ,
acute ,
affording no hope ,
amok ,
apathetic ,
atrocious ,
bacchic ,
baffled ,
balked ,
berserk ,
bleak ,
breakneck ,
careless ,
cheerless ,
climacteric ,
comfortless ,
compelling ,
concentrated ,
corybantic ,
craving ,
critical ,
crucial ,
crying ,
dangerous ,
desirous of ,
despairing ,
despondent ,
desponding ,
devil -
may -
care ,
dire ,
disconsolate ,
dismal ,
exquisite ,
fierce ,
foiled ,
foolhardy ,
forlorn ,
frantic ,
frenetic ,
frenzied ,
frustrated ,
furious ,
grave ,
great ,
grim ,
hard pressed ,
hard up ,
harum -
scarum ,
hasty ,
hazardous ,
headlong ,
heinous ,
hopeless ,
hotheaded ,
hurried ,
impetuous ,
in despair ,
in desperate straits ,
in extremis ,
in extremities ,
like one possessed ,
mad ,
madding ,
maenadic ,
maniac ,
maniacal ,
monstrous ,
overeager ,
overenthusiastic ,
overzealous ,
panic -
stricken ,
perilous ,
pinched ,
precarious ,
precipitant ,
precipitate ,
precipitous ,
pressing ,
rabid ,
raging ,
ranting ,
rash ,
raving ,
raving mad ,
reckless ,
running wild ,
scandalous ,
serious ,
shocking ,
slap -
bang ,
slapdash ,
sorely pressed ,
stark -
raving mad ,
straitened ,
tenuous ,
terrible ,
thwarted ,
uncontrollable ,
unhopeful ,
up against it ,
urgent ,
vehement ,
venturesome ,
vicious ,
violent ,
wanton ,
wild ,
without hope ,
wretched
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