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(jié)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(lián)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、get down

使沮喪；使憂郁

At times when my work gets me down, I like to fantasize about being a farmer.

有時當工作讓我沮喪時，我喜歡幻想自己是一個農(nóng)場主。

寫下；記下

The idea has been going around in my head for quite a while and now I am getting it down on paper.

這個想法在我腦海里縈繞許久了，我現(xiàn)在就將它寫在紙上。

俯身；跪下；趴下

She got down on her hands and knees on the floor.

她雙手撐地跪在地上。

Get down! she yelled. Somebody's shooting!

“趴下！”她大聲喊道，“有人開槍！”