1、desperate
(因絕望而)孤注一擲的,鋌而走險(xiǎn)的,拼命的
Troops are needed to help get food into Kosovo where people are in desperate need.
需要軍隊(duì)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(wàn)分的鮑勃和漢斯把整座房子找了個(gè)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??释獋€(gè)孩子。
People are desperate for him to do something.
人們極希望他能做點(diǎn)什么。
極困難的;極嚴(yán)重的;極危險(xiǎn)的
India's United Nations ambassador said the situation is desperate.
印度駐聯(lián)合國(guó)大使說(shuō)形勢(shì)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(wú)路的時(shí)候拋棄他。
2、surrender
投降;屈服
General Martin Bonnet called on the rebels to surrender.
馬丁·邦尼特將軍呼吁反叛者投降。
She surrendered to the police in London last December.
她去年 12 月在倫敦向警方自首。
(被迫)放棄,交出
Nadja had to fill out forms surrendering all rights to her property.
納佳不得不填表放棄其全部財(cái)產(chǎn)所有權(quán)。
Gen. Morgan's troops yesterday surrendered their heavy weapons to Belgian and US troops.
昨天,摩根將軍的部隊(duì)被迫向比利時(shí)和美國(guó)軍隊(duì)交出了他們的重型武器。