desperation

noun

1. 绝望；拼命；铤而走险
   the state of being desperate
   1. 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。
   2. There was a note of desperation in his voice.
      听他的语气他急得要命。
   3. an act of sheer desperation
      完全绝望的行为

1. N-UNCOUNT 绝望;孤注一掷;铤而走险;拼命
   Desperation is the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.
   1. 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。
   2. In desperation I joined a physical exercise class.
      在绝望中我参加了一个健身班。

1. 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。
2. In desperation I joined a physical exercise class.
   在绝望中我参加了一个健身班。
3. In desperation, Mrs. Jones submitted to an operation on her right knee to relieve the pain
   绝望之际，琼斯夫人只好同意在其右膝上做手术以减轻疼痛。
4. In desperation I changed tack
   我走投无路，于是改变了策略。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. In desperation, he finally broke down the door.
   最后，他横了心把门砸开。
8. It brings out this strange desperation in people.
   它会让人们产生一种奇怪的绝望情绪。
9. We all have moments of desperation.
   我们都有过绝望的时候。
10. But all these things went down before the merciless coldness of her mind and the goad of desperation.
    但所有这些在她心里头无情的冷酷和绝望的驱策面前都让步了。
11. He did his best in his desperation.
    在绝望的时候他尽了最大的努力！
12. Unemployment and the death of his wife drove him to desperation.
    失业和他的妻子死去把他逼向绝望。
13. He wept shamelessly, almost breaking his fingers with desperation, but he could not break her down.
    他毫不害臊地哭了起来，在绝望中差点儿扭断了手指，可是无法动摇她的决心。
14. In desperation she raised the wage she was offering but she was still refused.
    实在无法了，她决定提高工资，但还是遭到了拒绝。
15. Their emotions were oscillating between desperation and hope.
    他们的情感在绝望和希望之间波动着。
16. And all the time his desperation was singularly akin to hope.
    他的绝望和希望一直有着诡异的类似。
17. 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。
18. Death, hunger, fear and desperation haunted me everywhere.
    死亡，饥饿，恐惧和绝望，如影相随。
19. In desperation, I turned to Franklin for help.
    绝望中，我求助了富兰克林。
20. In desperation they resorted to violence.
    走投无路中，他们采取了暴力。
21. He stole the money in desperation.
    他在绝望中偷了钱。
22. And desperation leads to failure.
    绝望导致了你的失败。
23. Why, you can smell my desperation, right?
    为什么？你能感觉出我的绝望，对吧？
24. In desperation he robbed a bank.
    绝望中他抢了银行。
25. I say, I am ready to go for it with my desperation.
    我说，我已经预备好，去为它和我的绝望。
26. Do you feel cold and lost in desperation?
    你感到寒冷吗？在绝望中迷失吗？
27. I was a total slave to the mirror-it was utter aesthetic desperation.
    我完全成了镜子的奴隶。镜子绝对是审美绝望。
28. As their hardship heightened, so did their desperation and anger.
    随着艰难困苦日益严重，他们的绝望和愤怒也变本加厉。
29. I've seen the chaos, desperation, blood and tears.
    我看过混乱，绝望，血和泪。
30. I feel that my helplessness and desperation both need to be understood.
    我觉得我的无助和绝望都需要被人谅解。

  despair dejection desperation【导航词义：绝望】

  despair n. 绝望，无望

〔辨析〕指完全失去希望和信心的感觉。

  dejection n. 沮丧，灰心

〔辨析〕指灰心失望、沮丧气馁的心理状态。

  desperation n. 绝望，拼命

〔辨析〕指丧失一切希望、走投无路的状态。

noun

1. desperate recklessness
   1. it was a policy of desperation

2. a state in which all hope is lost or absent
   1. in the depths of despair
   2. they were rescued from despair at the last minute
   3. courage born of desperation

   Synonym:    despair