1ADJ-GRADED (因绝望而)孤注一掷的,铤而走险的,拼命的 If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it. (因绝望而)孤注一掷的,铤而走险的,拼命的
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。
Desperate with anxiety, Bob and Hans searched the whole house.
Thousands are desperately trying to leave their battered homes.
成千上万的人不顾一切地想要离开他们千疮百孔的家园。
2ADJ-GRADED [verb-link ADJ, usually ADJ to-infinitive]极需要的;渴望的 If you are desperate for something or desperate to do something, you want or need it very much indeed. 极需要的;渴望的
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。
People are desperate for him to do something. [+ for]