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、confuse

混淆;搞錯

Great care is taken to avoid confusing the two types of projects.

大家非常謹慎，以免把這兩類項目弄混。

I can't see how anyone could confuse you with another!

我不明白怎么會有人把你和另外一個人搞混！

把…弄糊涂;使困惑

German politics surprised and confused him.

德國政治既令他驚訝，又讓他困惑不解。

攪亂;使復雜化

To further confuse the issue, there is an enormous variation in the amount of sleep people feel happy with.

使問題進一步復雜化的是，每個人需要的睡眠時間千差萬別。