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、involve
需要;包含
Running a kitchen involves a great deal of discipline and speed.
料理好廚房需要把一切都安排得規規矩矩,且要講求速度。
Nicky's job as a public relations director involves spending quite a lot of time with other people.
尼基作為公共關系主管,需要花很多時間與別人打交道。
牽涉;涉及
If there was a cover-up, it involved people at the very highest levels of government.
如果有人想要隱瞞實情,那其中就涉及政府部門最高層的人物。
a riot involving a hundred inmates.
有 100 名囚犯參與的暴動