Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - desperate
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Desperate
desperate
~ adj 1 willing to do anything and not caring about danger, because you are in a very bad situation (We had no food left at all and were getting desperate. | an appeal from the teenager's desperate parents) 2 needing or wanting something very much + for (By then I was desperate for a holiday.) desperate to do sth (Ben was desperate to get a job. | in desperate need) (We're in desperate need of help.) 3 a desperate situation is very bad or serious (There was a desperate shortage of doctors.) 4 a desperate action is something that you only do because you are in a very bad situation (desperate attempt/effort/measures) (The victim had made a desperate attempt to escape.)
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Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it. Troops are needed to help get food into Kosovo where people are in desperate need... He made a desperate attempt to hijack a plane. ADJ • desperately Thousands are desperately trying to leave their battered homes. ADV: ADV with v 2. If you are desperate for something or desperate to do something, you want or need it very much indeed. They’d been married nearly four years and June was desperate to start a family... People are desperate for him to do something. ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ to-inf, ADJ for n • desperately He was a boy who desperately needed affection. ADV: ADV with v 3. A desperate situation is very difficult, serious, or dangerous. India’s United Nations ambassador said the situation is desperate... = dire ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: Latin desperatus, past participle of desperare Date: 15th century 1. a. having lost hope a ~ spirit crying for relief b. giving no ground for hope the outlook was ~ 2. a. moved by despair victims made ~ by abuse b. involving or employing extreme measures in an attempt to escape defeat or frustration made a ~ leap for the rope 3. suffering extreme need or anxiety ~ for money 4. involving extreme danger or possible disaster a ~ situation 5. of extreme intensity 6. shocking, outrageous Synonyms: see despondent • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 reckless from despair; violent and lawless. 2 a extremely dangerous or serious (a desperate situation). b staking all on a small chance (a desperate remedy). 3 very bad (a desperate night; desperate poverty). 4 (usu. foll. by for) needing or desiring very much (desperate for recognition). Derivatives desperately adv. desperateness n. desperation n. Etymology: ME f. L desperatus past part. of desperare (as DE-, sperare hope) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. отчаянный; доведенный до отчаяния; безрассудный desperate attempt —- отчаянная попытка desperate daring —- безумная отвага desperate energy —- энергия отчаяния desperate resistance —- отчаянное сопротивление they were desperate —- они были готовы на все desperate to blot out the memory of defeat —- отчаянно пытающийся искоренить (истребить) саму память о поражении 2. безнадежный, безвыходный desperate condition —- безнадежное положение (состояние) desperate woe —- безутешная (безысходная) скорбь desperate disease —- неизлечимая болезнь 3. эмоц-усил. ужасный; отъявленный; закоренелый desperate villain —- закоренелый негодяй desperate gambler —- отчаянный (заядлый) картежник desperate fool —- страшный (беспросветный) дурак 4. отвратительный, гнусный desperate weather —- мерзкая погода 5. очень сильный desperate thirst —- страшная (безумная) жажда 6. эмоц-усил. крайне, очень, ужасно, отчаянно, страшно desperate bad —- никуда негодный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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storm ужасная буря DESPERATE adj. 1) отчаянный, безнадежный - in desperate condition 2) доведенный до отчаяния; безрассудный - desperate daring 3) ужасный; отъявленный - desperate storm - desperate fool DESPERATE daring а) безумная отвага б) храбрость отчаяния DESPERATE fool отъявленный дурак ...Англо-русский словарь
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