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des·per·a·tion
/ˌdɛspəˈreʃən/
絕望,拼命
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Des·per·a·tion
n.
1.
The
act
of
despairing
or
becoming
desperate
;
a
giving
up
of
hope
.
This
desperation
of
success
chills
all
our
industry
.
--
Hammond
.
2.
A
state
of
despair
,
or
utter
hopeless
;
abandonment
of
hope
;
extreme
recklessness
;
reckless
fury
.
In
the
desperation
of
the
moment
,
the
officers
even
tried
to
cut
their
way
through
with
their
swords
.
--
W
.
Irving
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
desperation
n
1:
a
state
in
which
everything
seems
wrong
and
will
turn
out
badly
; "
they
were
rescued
from
despair
at
the
last
minute
" [
syn
:
despair
]
2:
desperate
recklessness
; "
it
was
a
policy
of
desperation
"
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