Desperation is the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.
例句
This feeling of desperation and helplessness was common to most of the refugees...大多數難民都有這種絕望和無助的感覺。In desperation I joined a physical exercise class.在絕望中我參加了一個健身班。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
絕望;不顧一切,拼命
In desperation, I decided to try acupuncture.我別無出路，就決定試試針刺療法。At the end of the film, the man becomes a thief out of sheer desperation.在電影的結尾，這個人由于徹底絕望而成了小偷。In his desperation to escape, Tom had slipped and broken a leg.湯姆在拼命逃跑時滑倒摔斷了一條腿。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly;
"they were rescued from despair at the last minute"