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desperately adv.拼命地；绝望地；极严重地；孤注一掷地 (1) 我拼命地想保住我的牙齿。(2) 他拼命地割那根绳子，以摆脱脚上的束缚。(3) 他绝望地看着她消失在人群中。(4) 野猪的獠牙陷在了树里，绝望地嗥叫着。 The undercurrent of the adverb desperately is one of despair, which makes sense when you consider that it comes from the Latin desperatus, meaning "given up or despaired of." You can get a good sense of the word from its context in Journalist Sheilah Graham’s statement, "You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an inner exuberance that erupts through the skin and joins the energy that created the world."

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英 ['despərətli] 美 ['despərətli] (1) I desperately want to keep my teeth.(2) He cut desperately at me rope in an attempt to free his foot.(3) He desperately saw her disappear into the crowd.(4) The wild boar had its tusk sunk deeply into a tree and howled desperately. When you do something desperately you do it with extreme urgency. If faced with a life-and-death situation, you might fight desperately, using any means possible to overcome the obstacles and survive.

英语单词	desperately
英美音标	英 ['despərətli] 美 ['despərətli]
中文释义	adv.拼命地；绝望地；极严重地；孤注一掷地
英语例句	(1) I desperately want to keep my teeth. (2) He cut desperately at me rope in an attempt to free his foot. (3) He desperately saw her disappear into the crowd. (4) The wild boar had its tusk sunk deeply into a tree and howled desperately.
中文例句	(1) 我拼命地想保住我的牙齿。 (2) 他拼命地割那根绳子，以摆脱脚上的束缚。 (3) 他绝望地看着她消失在人群中。 (4) 野猪的獠牙陷在了树里，绝望地嗥叫着。
vocabulary简明	When you do something desperately you do it with extreme urgency. If faced with a life-and-death situation, you might fight desperately, using any means possible to overcome the obstacles and survive.
vocabulary扩展	The undercurrent of the adverb desperately is one of despair, which makes sense when you consider that it comes from the Latin desperatus, meaning "given up or despaired of." You can get a good sense of the word from its context in Journalist Sheilah Graham’s statement, "You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an inner exuberance that erupts through the skin and joins the energy that created the world."

Desperately Sense 英 Despərətli] 美 Despərətli Adv.拼命地；绝望地；极严重地；孤注一掷地 I Teeth