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desperation 音标拼音: [d ,ɛspɚ'eʃən] [d ,ɛspɚ'eʃɪn] n. 绝望,拼命 绝望,拼命 desperation n 1: 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" [ synonym: { despair}, { desperation}] 2: desperate recklessness; " it was a policy of desperation" Desperation \ Des` per* a" tion\, n. [ L. desperatio: cf. OF. desperation.] 1. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope. [ 1913 Webster] This desperation of success chills all our industry. -- Hammond. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury. [ 1913 Webster] In the desperation of the moment, the officers even tried to cut their way through with their swords. -- W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster] 34 Moby Thesaurus words for " desperation": acedia, anguish, anxiety, anxiousness, apathy, cave of Trophonius, cave of despair, defeatism, dejection, depression, despair, desperateness, despondency, disconsolateness, discouragement, distress, foolhardiness, forlornness, gloom, heedlessness, hopelessness, impetuosity, imprudence, melancholy, misery, no exit, no way, no way out, pessimism, rashness, recklessness, sloth, sorrow, wretchedness
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