desperately

英 [ˈdɛspərɪtli]

美 [ˈdɛspərətli]

adv.  绝望地；不顾一切地，拼命地; 极度地；猛烈地

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Oxford 3000 / BNC.3523 / COCA.4450

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （因绝望而）孤注一掷的，铤而走险的，拼命的
  If you aredesperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it.
  1. Troops are needed to help get food into Kosovo where people are in desperate need...
     需要军队帮助将科索沃人民亟需的食品送抵那里。
  2. Desperate with anxiety, Bob and Hans searched the whole house...
     焦急万分的鲍勃和汉斯把整座房子找了个遍。
  3. He made a desperate attempt to hijack a plane.
     他铤而走险，企图劫持一架飞机。
• ADJ-GRADED 极需要的;渴望的
  If you aredesperate forsomething ordesperate todo something, you want or need it very much indeed.
  1. They'd been married nearly four years and June was desperate to start a family...
     他们结婚已快4年了，琼非常渴望要个孩子。
  2. People are desperate for him to do something.
     人们极希望他能做点什么。
• ADJ-GRADED 极困难的;极严重的;极危险的
  Adesperatesituation is very difficult, serious, or dangerous.
  1. India's United Nations ambassador said the situation is desperate...
     印度驻联合国大使说形势非常危急。
  2. I decided not to abandon John when he was in such a desperate position.
     我决定不在约翰走投无路的时候抛弃他。

英英释义

adv

• with great urgency
  1. health care reform is needed urgently
  2. the soil desperately needed potash
  Synonym:urgently
• in intense despair
  1. the child clung desperately to her mother

双语例句

• They grappled desperately for control of the weapon.
  他们疯狂扭打，想把武器抢到手。
• Matthew desperately hacked through the leather.
  马修拼命地将皮革砍穿。
• I think she feels desperately wounded and unloved at the moment.
  我想她此刻定会觉得受到了极大的伤害，无人关爱。
• The hospital is desperately short-staffed.
  这所医院人手极为短缺。
• Lewis desperately needs to keep clear of Ruddock's big left hook.
  刘易斯无论如何得躲开拉多克凌厉的左钩拳才行。
• I desperately fought the urge to giggle
  我拼命地想忍住笑。
• I struggled with my bags, desperately looking for a porter.
  我提着行李艰难地走着，迫切地寻找着搬运工。
• The enemy tried to resist desperately but lost a large number of guns and men.
  敌人企图负隅顽抗，但却损失惨重。
• His gross mismanagement left the company desperately in need of restructuring.
  他管理上的重大失误使公司陷入亟须重组的境地。
• The towns are on the way to becoming agglomerations of desperately poor people
  这些城市正逐渐变为极度贫穷之人的聚居地。