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单词 desperately
释义
desperately
adverb
uk
/ˈdes.pər.ət.li/us
/ˈdes.pɚ.ət.li/

desperatelyadverb(SERIOUSLY)

B2
extremelyor very much:
非常；极其
He was desperatelyill.他病得很重。
They desperatelywantedachild.他们特别想要一个孩子。
UKShe alwaysseemsto be desperatelybusy!她似乎总是特别忙！
UKHe was desperately inlovewith her.他疯狂地爱上了她。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Linguistics: very & extreme
  • abjectly
  • abundantly
  • beyond
  • biblical
  • blankly
  • completely
  • extreme
  • highly
  • jolly
  • positive
  • rank
  • raving
  • smack
  • spectacularly
  • such
  • terrible
  • terribly
  • unutterably
  • veritably
  • wonderfully
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desperatelyadverb(TAKING RISKS)

B2
in a way thatshowsyou arefrightenedandreadytotryanything tochangeasituation:
（因绝望而）拼命地；孤注一掷地
Theyfoughtdesperately fortheirlives.他们为了活命而拼命搏斗。
More examples
  • Doctorstrieddesperately toreducetheswellingin herbrain.
  • Blakelookedridiculous, and Itrieddesperately tokeepastraightface.
  • The rescuers couldhearthesoundof thetrappedpeopledesperatelytryingtoclawtheirway through therubble.
  • Thefloodhasleftvillagersandanimalsdesperatelyscavengingforfood.
  • Hewantedthatjobdesperately, and wasdevastatedwhen hefailedto get it.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Dangers and threats
  • balefully
  • baneful
  • black spot
  • brinkmanship
  • hang oversomething
  • hazard
  • hazardous
  • hazmat
  • hazmat suit
  • on/under pain of deathidiom
  • or elseidiom
  • parlous
  • peril
  • perilous
  • someone'sbark isworsethanhis/herbiteidiom
  • threateningly
  • tombstoning
  • triple threat
  • ultra-hazardous
  • venturesome
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(Definition ofdesperatelyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

desperately| American Dictionary

desperately
adverb
us
/ˈdes·pər·ət·li/
extremelyor very much:
Foryearsthey had desperatelywantedachild.
(Definition ofdesperatelyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdesperately

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Although there is nothingdesperatelyoriginal about the basics of the exercises, they are well-dressed, with an historical twist.
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The distresses of the war were thus aggravated by a tighter administration of the counties required by a parliamentdesperatelyshort of money.
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Desperatelypoor people, pensioners, working men, minorities eat it up.
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The timely collection and transmission of comparable information between and to states, federal agencies and other relevant groups isdesperatelyneeded.
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At any rate it will remain 'desperatelypoor ', and therefore dependent.
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They weredesperatelyhungry, he wrote, being allowed less food than other prisoners in the same gaol.
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There is no need to speculatedesperatelybefore these data become available.
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Moreover, these lacunae demonstrate howdesperatelydated in concept the book is.
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Representatives of each organisation were present in every camp,desperatelytrying to win new members.
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You straindesperatelythrough your telescope for the answer.
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Rebels searcheddesperatelyfor magistrates, judges and lawyers of the government's prosecution team.
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Otherwise, these ideas will remain floating in a turbulent sea of interesting dynamical principlesdesperatelyseeking an attractor within empirically verifiable cognitive theory.
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The state government had thus every reason to bedesperatelyworried by the economic and social consequences of the continuing influx of refugees.
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Howdesperatelythis man wanted to paper over the fissures in his narrative.
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Instead, they try to avoid that role even to the point of adamantly denying their involvement in a choice theydesperatelywant implemented.
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