1、desperate
(因絕望而)孤注一擲的,鋌而走險的,拼命的
Troops are needed to help get food into Kosovo where people are in desperate need.
需要軍隊幫助將科索沃人民亟需的食品送抵那里
。Desperate with anxiety, Bob and Hans searched the whole house.
焦急萬分的鮑勃和漢斯把整座房子找了個遍
。極需要的;渴望的
They'd been married nearly four years and June was desperate to start a family.
他們結婚已快4年了,瓊非常渴望要個孩子
。People are desperate for him to do something.
人們極希望他能做點什么
。極困難的;極嚴重的;極危險的
India's United Nations ambassador said the situation is desperate.
印度駐聯合國大使說形勢非常危急
。I decided not to abandon John when he was in such a desperate position.
我決定不在約翰走投無路的時候拋棄他
。2、advocate
擁護;提倡;主張
Mr Williams is a conservative who advocates fewer government controls on business.
威廉斯先生是個保守派,主張政府應減少對商業的控制
。the tax policy advocated by the Opposition.
反對黨提倡的稅收政策
(為某一類人)謀利益者
advocates for the homeless.
為無家可歸的人謀利益者
Animal rights advocates argue that zoos are really animal prisons and very often cruel.
動物權利保護者指出動物園實際上是動物的牢籠,經常很殘酷地對待動物
。擁護者;提倡者
He was a strong advocate of free market policies and a multi-party system.
他是自由市場政策和多黨派制度的堅決擁護者
。