desperation
英 [ˌdespəˈreɪʃn]
美 [ˌdespəˈreɪʃn]
n. 绝望; 拼命; 铤而走险
复数：desperations
Collins.1 / BNC.7652 / COCA.7496
同义词辨析
despairdejectiondesperation【导航词义：绝望】
despairn. 绝望，无望
〔辨析〕
指完全失去希望和信心的感觉。
〔例证〕
Tragically, she took her own life in despair.
不幸的是，她在绝望中自杀了。
To the despair of the manager, the accountant absconded with the money.
让经理绝望的是，会计携款潜逃了。
不幸的是，她在绝望中自杀了。
To the despair of the manager, the accountant absconded with the money.
让经理绝望的是，会计携款潜逃了。
dejectionn. 沮丧，灰心
〔辨析〕
指灰心失望、沮丧气馁的心理状态。
〔例证〕
He walked home in dejection.
他沮丧地走回了家。
Beth showed her dejection at missing the game.
贝丝因错过了这场比赛而垂头丧气。
他沮丧地走回了家。
Beth showed her dejection at missing the game.
贝丝因错过了这场比赛而垂头丧气。
desperationn. 绝望，拼命
〔辨析〕
指丧失一切希望、走投无路的状态。
〔例证〕
In desperation, they gave up resistance and surrendered.
绝望之际，他们放弃抵抗投降了。
The huge debt drove him to desperation.
巨额债务逼得他铤而走险。
绝望之际，他们放弃抵抗投降了。
The huge debt drove him to desperation.
巨额债务逼得他铤而走险。
牛津词典
noun
- 绝望；拼命；铤而走险
the state of being desperate- 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。 - There was a note of desperation in his voice.
听他的语气他急得要命。 - an act of sheer desperation
完全绝望的行为
- In desperation , she called Louise and asked for her help.
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 绝望;孤注一掷;铤而走险;拼命
Desperationis the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.- 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。 - In desperation I joined a physical exercise class.
在绝望中我参加了一个健身班。
- This feeling of desperation and helplessness was common to most of the refugees...
英英释义
noun
- desperate recklessness
- it was a policy of desperation
- a state in which all hope is lost or absent
- in the depths of despair
- they were rescued from despair at the last minute
- courage born of desperation
双语例句
- Their emotions were oscillating between desperation and hope.
他们的情感在绝望和希望之间波动着。 - We all have moments of desperation.
我们都有过绝望的时候。 - In desperation he robbed a bank.
绝望中他抢了银行。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - It brings out this strange desperation in people.
它会让人们产生一种奇怪的绝望情绪。 - Death, hunger, fear and desperation haunted me everywhere.
死亡，饥饿，恐惧和绝望，如影相随。 - 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。 - In desperation, I turned to Franklin for help.
绝望中，我求助了富兰克林。