desperate

英語

詞源

借自拉丁語 dēspērātus，dēspērō (「沒有希望」)的過去分詞。

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈdɛsp(ə)ɹət/

• 音頻 (美國)：

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形容詞

desperate (比較級 more desperate，最高級 most desperate)

1. 急需的

   I hadn't eaten in two days and was desperate for food.

   我已經兩天沒吃東西了，非常想吃東西。

   desperate to eat; desperate for attention

   極度渴望吃東西；極度渴望得到關注

2. 絕望的

   I was so desperate at one point, I even went to see a loan shark.

   我一度非常絕望，甚至去借高利貸。

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   • 2022年1月12日, Benedict le Vay, 「The heroes of Soham...」, 出自 RAIL, 第 948 期，第 43 頁:

     But signalman Bridges was never to answer driver Gimbert's desperate question. A deafening, massive blast blew the wagon to shreds, the 44 high-explosive bombs exploding like simultaneous hits from the aircraft they should have been dropped from. The station was instantly reduced to bits of debris, and the line to a huge crater.

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3. 鋌而走險的，孤注一擲的

   a desperate disease;  desperate fortune

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4. 拼命的，不顧一切的
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   • 1904, Clorinda Matto de Turner, Birds Without a Nest: A Story of Indian Life and Priestly Oppression in Peru，第 218 頁:

     “I knew very well that when the Peruvian Indian does anything wrong it is because he is forced to it by oppression and made desperate by abuse,” replied Lucia.

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   • 2016, Hans-Martin Sass, Cultures in Bioethics, LIT Verlag Münster, →ISBN，第 239 頁:

     Humankind's global integration makes biological combat a weapon of choice for desperate killers, who are either suicidal or intend to infect others  […]

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   He dove into the rushing waters in a desperate effort to save her life.

   他拼命跳入湍急的水流中以挽救她的生命。

5. 極端的；非常的
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   • 1898, Longman's Magazine，第 161 頁:

     The letters which were of most importance were in half a dozen languages and in the desperate handwriting of the period. Eminent men in that age thought it - like Hamlet - a baseness to write fair. Often at the end of a page I have […]

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   • (Can we date this quote?), Stopping Inertia, Dorrance Publishing, →ISBN，第 131 頁:

     She pictured having a boyfriend over and losing him when he saw her desperate taste in shampoo; however, the chances of that happening were slim.

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   • 2022 September 2, Irish People Try American-Style Pancakes, circa 8:12:

     Whoever's writing the stuff on this has desperate handwriting, like they must be a doctor...

6. 激烈的，激動的，瘋狂的，狂暴的
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   • 2022年5月28日, Phil McCulty, 「Liverpool 0-1 Real Madrid」, 出自 BBC Sport:

     For Liverpool, it capped six days of desperate disappointment after missing out on the Premier League to Manchester City by a single point then losing to this experienced, street-smart Real team.

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名詞

desperate (複數 desperates)

1. 處於絕境或已到絕境的人

衍生詞

• desperateness
• desperate times call for desperate measures
• desperate times require desperate measures
• desperation

 

相關詞

• despair
• desperado

異序詞

• departees

丹麥語

形容詞

desperate

1. desperat 的複數及定單數定語

拉丁語

動詞

dēspērāte

1. dēspērō 的第二人稱複數現在時主動態命令式

來源

• desperate in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• desperate在Gaffiot, Félix (1934年) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français (拉丁語-法語詳解詞典)，Hachette中的內容

書面挪威語

形容詞

desperate

1. desperat 的定單數
2. desperat 的複數

新挪威語

形容詞

desperate

1. desperat 的定單數
2. desperat 的複數

西班牙語

動詞

desperate

1. desperar 的第二人稱單數voseo命令式與 te 的合詞