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desperatea. 1. despairing,hopeless绝望的,无望的。 △ Gent . 3 . 2 . 5:“I am desperate of obtaining her. ”我没有希望得到她的爱情了。 △Tw.2.2.37 (36):“As I am man,/ My stateis desperate for my master’s love.”因为我是个男人,我就没有希望得到我的主人的爱。 △Wiv.3.5.129 (124):“Mysuit then is desperate.”那么我的追求是无望的了。 △Oth.2. 3. 340 (331):“I am desperate of my fortunes if theycheck me here.”要是我在这儿被他们斥退,我的前程就没希望了。 △Lr.5.3.163 (162): “Go after her: she’s desper-ate. govern her.”跟上她;她绝望了,管住她。 2. reckless. rash. wild,violent鲁莽的,轻率的,狂野的,狂暴的。 △Rom.3.3.107 (108):“Hold thy desperate hand!”止住你那鲁莽的手! 3. reckless,bold鲁莽的,大胆的。 △Rom.3.4.12: “ I will make a desperate tender / Of my child’s love.”我愿大胆地奉献出我的孩子的情爱。 4. reckless of consequences. regardless of danger or any other consideration不顾后果的.不顾一切的。 △Rom.4 . 1 . 69: “Which craves as desperate an execution / As that is desperate which we would prevent.”它实行起来需要采取一种不顾一切的手段.正和我们所要避免的事情是同样的不顾一切。 △Rom . 4 . 3 . 54 (53) : “And in this rage, with some great kinsman’s bone,/ As with a club, dash out my desperate brains?”在这样发疯中.(会不会)拿起某位老祖宗的一根骨头,像拿起一根棍棒一样,不顾一切地把自己打得脑浆迸裂? △H.VIII.3.1.85 (86):“Though he begrown so desperate to be honest,” i.e. so reckless ofconsequences as to come out honestly as my support-er:so regardless of self-interest as to dare to be honest. 即使他敢于不顾一切后果(又译:不顾个人利益),仗义支持我。 △R.III.4.4.170:“Thy school-days frightful. desperate. wild. and furious.”你在学生时代就很吓人,不顾一切、粗野、狂暴。 5. extremely dangerous,fearful极端危险的.可怕的。 △ Oth.2.1.21: “The desperate tempest hath sobanged the Turks,”这一场险恶的风暴使得土耳其人受到狠狠的打击。 △1H.VI.2.1. 44: “Ne’er heard I of a warlikeenterprise ╱ More venturous or desperate than this.”我还从来不曾听说哪一次战役比这一次更大胆、更危险。 △3H.VI.4.1.129: “And haste is needful in this des-perate case. ”在这种紧急情况下需要迅速行动。 6. dangerous. involving serious risk. forbidden by law危险的,担着风险的,法令禁止的。 △As . 5 . 4 . 31 : “the rudiments/Of many desperate studies”.足以招致危险的许多魔术原理。(按:当时英王有令严禁巫术,故云。) 7. reckless,adamant and unpersuadable不顾一切的,铁了心的。 △1H.IV.3.1.197 (196): “She is desperate here.”她是铁了心了。 Phrases: desperate assurance: hopeless certainty; no hope ofchange绝望的确信。 △Tw . 2 . 2 . 7: “you should putyour lord into a desperate assurance she will none ofhim . ” i. e. a hopeless certainty that she will havenothing to do with him. 你必须叫你的主人彻底明白(又译:死了心,明白)她不要跟他来往。 desperate of: ❶in despair of在…的绝望中。 △H.V.4.2. 39: “Yond island carrions,desperate of theirbones,” i. e. in despair of saving their bodies thin asskeletons. 从岛国来的那些死尸,要保住他们皮包骨头的身体没有指望了。 ❷with no regard for,reckless of不顾… △Tw . 5 . 1. 68 (64):“desperate of shame”,i.e. shamefor his crimes. 不顾羞耻。 desperate[ˈdespərit]adj.不顾一切的,凶恶的,险恶的,严重的 ◇ desperate for in a desperate拼命想得到的 in a desperate在绝望中 make a desperate effort拼命努力 ‖ desperately adv. desperation n. ◇ in desperation因绝望而拼命地冒生命之危险去干… |