1ADJ-GRADED (因絕望而)孤注一擲的,铤而走險的,拼命的 If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it. (因絕望而)孤注一擲的,铤而走險的,拼命的
Troops are needed to help get food into Kosovo where people are in desperate need.
需要軍隊幫助將科索沃人民亟需的食品送抵那裏。
Desperate with anxiety, Bob and Hans searched the whole house.
Thousands are desperately trying to leave their battered homes.
成千上萬的人不顧一切地想要離開他們千瘡百孔的家園。
2ADJ-GRADED [verb-link ADJ, usually ADJ to-infinitive]極需要的;渴望的 If you are desperate for something or desperate to do something, you want or need it very much indeed. 極需要的;渴望的
They'd been married nearly four years and June was desperate to start a family.
他們結婚已快4年了,瓊非常渴望要個孩子。
People are desperate for him to do something. [+ for]