一个绝望的处境, 一个绝境
以下是desperate 和 situation来自牛津英汉汉英词典的释义:
desperate |?desp?r?t|
adjective
①(hopeless)绝望的 ?person, act?
to be desperate to do [something]
拼命要做某事
②(in great need)极渴望的
to be desperate for
渴望得到?affection, help?
to be desperate to do [something]
极想做某事
③colloquial (terrible)极严重的
a desperate shortage of teachers
教师奇缺
④(frantic)孤注一掷的 ?act, attempt?
⑤(violent)胆大妄为的
a desperate criminal
亡命之徒
situation |?s?tj?e?n, American ?s?t?-|
noun
①(circumstances)情况
in the present economic situation
在目前的经济形势下
to get oneself into/out of a situation
陷入/摆脱某情形
②(of house, town, school)位置
to be in a beautiful situation
位于风景秀丽的地方
③formal (job)职位
to offer [somebody] a situation
给某人提供一个职位
to look for a situation
求职