| 釋義 |
desperatea. 1. despairing,hopeless絕望的,無望的。 △ Gent . 3 . 2 . 5:“I am desperate of obtaining her. ”我沒有希望得到她的愛情了。 △Tw.2.2.37 (36):“As I am man,/ My stateis desperate for my master’s love.”因為我是個男人,我就沒有希望得到我的主人的愛。 △Wiv.3.5.129 (124):“Mysuit then is desperate.”那么我的追求是無望的了。 △Oth.2. 3. 340 (331):“I am desperate of my fortunes if theycheck me here.”要是我在這兒被他們斥退,我的前程就沒希望了。 △Lr.5.3.163 (162): “Go after her: she’s desper-ate. govern her.”跟上她;她絕望了,管住她。 2. reckless. rash. wild,violent魯莽的,輕率的,狂野的,狂暴的。 △Rom.3.3.107 (108):“Hold thy desperate hand!”止住你那魯莽的手! 3. reckless,bold魯莽的,大膽的。 △Rom.3.4.12: “ I will make a desperate tender / Of my child’s love.”我愿大膽地奉獻出我的孩子的情愛。 4. reckless of consequences. regardless of danger or any other consideration不顧后果的.不顧一切的。 △Rom.4 . 1 . 69: “Which craves as desperate an execution / As that is desperate which we would prevent.”它實行起來需要采取一種不顧一切的手段.正和我們所要避免的事情是同樣的不顧一切。 △Rom . 4 . 3 . 54 (53) : “And in this rage, with some great kinsman’s bone,/ As with a club, dash out my desperate brains?”在這樣發(fā)瘋中.(會不會)拿起某位老祖宗的一根骨頭,像拿起一根棍棒一樣,不顧一切地把自己打得腦漿迸裂? △H.VIII.3.1.85 (86):“Though he begrown so desperate to be honest,” i.e. so reckless ofconsequences as to come out honestly as my support-er:so regardless of self-interest as to dare to be honest. 即使他敢于不顧一切后果(又譯:不顧個人利益),仗義支持我。 △R.III.4.4.170:“Thy school-days frightful. desperate. wild. and furious.”你在學(xué)生時代就很嚇人,不顧一切、粗野、狂暴。 5. extremely dangerous,fearful極端危險的.可怕的。 △ Oth.2.1.21: “The desperate tempest hath sobanged the Turks,”這一場險惡的風(fēng)暴使得土耳其人受到狠狠的打擊。 △1H.VI.2.1. 44: “Ne’er heard I of a warlikeenterprise ╱ More venturous or desperate than this.”我還從來不曾聽說哪一次戰(zhàn)役比這一次更大膽、更危險。 △3H.VI.4.1.129: “And haste is needful in this des-perate case. ”在這種緊急情況下需要迅速行動。 6. dangerous. involving serious risk. forbidden by law危險的,擔(dān)著風(fēng)險的,法令禁止的。 △As . 5 . 4 . 31 : “the rudiments/Of many desperate studies”.足以招致危險的許多魔術(shù)原理。(按:當(dāng)時英王有令嚴(yán)禁巫術(shù),故云。) 7. reckless,adamant and unpersuadable不顧一切的,鐵了心的。 △1H.IV.3.1.197 (196): “She is desperate here.”她是鐵了心了。 Phrases: desperate assurance: hopeless certainty; no hope ofchange絕望的確信。 △Tw . 2 . 2 . 7: “you should putyour lord into a desperate assurance she will none ofhim . ” i. e. a hopeless certainty that she will havenothing to do with him. 你必須叫你的主人徹底明白(又譯:死了心,明白)她不要跟他來往。 desperate of: ?in despair of在…的絕望中。 △H.V.4.2. 39: “Yond island carrions,desperate of theirbones,” i. e. in despair of saving their bodies thin asskeletons. 從島國來的那些死尸,要保住他們皮包骨頭的身體沒有指望了。 ?with no regard for,reckless of不顧… △Tw . 5 . 1. 68 (64):“desperate of shame”,i.e. shamefor his crimes. 不顧羞恥。 desperate[?desp?rit]adj.不顧一切的,兇惡的,險惡的,嚴(yán)重的 ◇ desperate for in a desperate拼命想得到的 in a desperate在絕望中 make a desperate effort拼命努力 ‖ desperately adv. desperation n. ◇ in desperation因絕望而拼命地冒生命之危險去干… |