desperation

desperation /,despə'reiʃn/
  • danh từ
    • sự liều lĩnh tuyệt vọng
    • sự tuyệt vọng
      • to drive someone to desperation: (thông tục) dồn ai vào cảnh tuyệt vọng, dồn ai vào thế cùng

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desperation

Từ điển Collocation

desperation noun

ADJ. sheer | quiet | growing We realized with a sense of growing desperation that nobody knew we were in there.

QUANT. hint, note There was a note of desperation in her voice.

VERB + DESPERATION feel | drive sb to Driven to desperation by our noisy neighbours, we called the police.

PREP. in (your) ~ In desperation, I decided to try acupuncture. In his desperation to escape, Tom had slipped and broken a leg. | out of ~ At the end of the film, the man becomes a thief out of sheer desperation. | ~ about/at Many of us feel a quiet desperation at the future.

PHRASES an act of desperation The robbery was an act of desperation. | courage, strength, etc. born of desperation With strength born of desperation, she managed to break down the door.


Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly; despair

    they were rescued from despair at the last minute

  • desperate recklessness

    it was a policy of desperation


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: despair