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(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、engage

參與;從事

I have never engaged in the drug trade.

我從未參與過毒品交易。

You can engage in croquet on the south lawn.

你可以參加南邊草坪上的槌球游戲。

吸引（人）;引起（注意、興趣）

They never learned skills to engage the attention of the others.

他們從未學過吸引他人注意的技巧。

適應；（與…）建立密切關系

She found it hard to engage with office life.

她發(fā)現(xiàn)很難適應辦公室生活。

She had vowed to go out of her way to engage with the Irish people at local community level.

她已經(jīng)發(fā)誓要努力和當?shù)氐膼蹱柼m人建立關系。