desperate是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 绝望的; 不顾一切的; 危急的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Conseil made a last effort, and, leaning on my shoulder, while I struck out in a desperate effort, he raised himself half out of the water, then fell back exhausted.
-- "M. Aronnax, we must attempt some desperate means, or we shall be sealed up in this solidified water as in cement."
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was strange to see how Gudrun clung with heavy, desperate passion to Ursula, yet smiled with subtle malevolence against her, how Ursula accepted silently, unable to provide any more either for herself or for the other, but dangerous and indomitable, refuting her grief.
-- Gerald was excited by the desperate cleaving of Gudrun to Naomi.
-- After a debauch with some desperate woman, he went on quite easy and forgetful.
-- He ended with an odd dropping of the head in a desperate negation.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I began to feel pretty desperate at this, for I felt altogether helpless; and yet, by an odd train of circumstances, it was indeed through me that safety came.
-- I was about desperate to lose that much blunt, and be hanged into the bargain.
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