desperation

英[ˌdespəˈreɪʃn]
美[ˌdɛspəˈreʃən]

基本释义

n.
绝望; 孤注一掷; 铤而走险; 拼命

实用例句

an act of sheer desperation

完全绝望的行为

牛津词典

There was a note of desperation in his voice.

听他的语气他急得要命。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

This feeling of desperation and helplessness was common to most of the refugees...

大多数难民都有这种绝望和无助的感觉。

In desperation I joined a physical exercise class.

在绝望中我参加了一个健身班。

In desperation, he finally broke down the door.

最后,他横了心把门砸开.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

For the first time in her life Jennifer was overwhelmed with a sense of desperation.

她有生以来第一次感到走投无路.

期刊摘选

They are struggling with desperation to keep their heads above the water.

他们在拼命地挣扎着把头露出水面.

期刊摘选

With strength born of desperation, I reached the village.

我使尽吃奶的力气总算跑到了那个村子.

期刊摘选

Finally, in a moment of desperation, John put the parrot in the freezer.

最终, 在一阵绝望之后, 约翰把鹦鹉关进了冰箱.

期刊摘选

At the end of the film, the man becomes a thief out of sheer desperation.

在电影的结尾, 这个人由于彻底绝望而成了小偷.

《简明英汉词典》

We change for two and two reasons only, either inspiration or desperation.

促使我们改变的原因只有两个, 要么激励,要么绝望.

期刊摘选

In desperation, some investors chose to believe in yourself and do an independent investigation and analysis.

无奈之下, 一些投资者选择了相信自己,独立做调研分析.

期刊摘选

So she's trucking by choice, not desperation.

从事货车运输并非出于不顾一切的冲动和绝望, 而是她自己的选择.

期刊摘选

In desperation he closed his eyes and covered his head, yet still he couldn't sleep.

他狠狠的闭着眼,蒙上了头, 睡不着.

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But banks are understandably reluctant to show any hint of desperation.

但是那些银行却不愿显出任何着急的样子,这也很好理解.

期刊摘选

In his desperation to escape, Tom had slipped and broken a leg.

汤姆在拼命逃跑时滑倒摔断了一条腿.

《简明英汉词典》

Complaining about perceived rivals . Blatantly trying to denigrate rivals, revealing your poverty mentality and desperation.

意识到有情敌出现就抱怨; 明目张胆的试图诋毁对手, 暴露出你的可怜又绝望的心态.

期刊摘选

It was a policy of desperation.

那是个令人绝望的政策.

期刊摘选

In desperation they resorted to violence.

走投无路中,他们采取了暴力.

辞典例句

Her suicide was motivated by desperation.

她自杀的诱因是自暴自弃.

期刊摘选

Most lead lives of quiet desperation.

夶多数秂兜苼活在平静的绝望中.

期刊摘选

Thoreau said, most man lead lives of quiet desperation. Don't be resigned to that.

梭罗说, 大多数人都过着孤寂无望的生活, 千万别任由这件事发生啊!

期刊摘选

In desperation, I decided to try acupuncture.

我别无出路, 就决定试试针刺疗法.

《简明英汉词典》

He was a myth that had been created out of desperation and poverty and despair.

他是从绝境、贫困和失望中创造出来的一个神话般的人物.

辞典例句

If you don't stop this continual arguing, you will drive me to desperation.

如果你们不停止这场旷日持久的争论, 那会使我无法控制自己.

辞典例句

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。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

Frustration, anger and desperation have led to a series of wildcat strikes.

挫败感、愤怒和绝望引起了一系列自发性的罢工。

柯林斯例句

These uprisings come from desperation and a vista of a future without hope.

发生这些暴动是因为人们被逼上了绝路,未来看不到一点儿希望。

柯林斯例句

真题例句

But it’s one of many low- tech fixes for high-tech failures that people without engineering degrees have discovered, often out of desperation and shared.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

A cynic might speculate that the UK is on the verge of disappearing into an endless fever of self-celebration in its desperation to reinvent itself for the post-Brexit world: after town of culture, who knows that will follow-village of culture?

2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly;

    "they were rescued from despair at the last minute"

  • 2. desperate recklessness;

    "it was a policy of desperation"

同义词辨析

despair, desperation, depression, disappointment

这些名词都有"绝望,沮丧"之意。

  • despair: 普通用词,指因灾难等因素而丧失希望和信心,陷入沮丧,绝望的境地。
  • desperation: 语气强烈,指因绝望而使人采取无所顾忌的疯狂行动。
  • depression: 侧重指因遭受重大失利或挫折而产生的低落情绪。
  • disappointment: 多指愿望或期望的落空。

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