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

• The Ministry desperately tried to hush up the whole affair.
  部里拼命想隐瞒整个事件。
• I desperately fought the urge to giggle
  我拼命地想忍住笑。
• He was found desperately trying to untangle several reels of film.
  他被撞见拼命想要解开几盘缠在一起的胶卷。
• Haig was desperately eager for an affirmative answer
  黑格非常渴望得到一个肯定的回答。
• I desperately needed something to occupy me during those long, lonely nights.
  在那一个个漫长、孤单的夜晚，我极需找点事做。
• 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 soldiers fought desperately, but the enemy closed in from all sides.
  士兵们虽拼死而战，敌人还是从四面八方把他们团团围住。
• They grappled desperately for control of the weapon.
  他们疯狂扭打，想把武器抢到手。
• He desperately dodged a speeding car trying to run him down.
  他拼命地闪身躲开一辆试图撞倒他的疾驰的汽车。
• Her marriage is in trouble and she is desperately unhappy
  她的婚姻陷入困境，她为此非常郁闷。