desperately

🇬🇧 UK/'despәrәtli/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

adv.

In a desperate manner; with great urgency or intensity; extremely

拼命地,不顾一切地;极度地

🧩 Root Breakdown

desperatelyother
=desperately

Common Collocations

  • 1.desperately needed急需
  • 2.desperately want非常想要
  • 3.desperately trying竭力尝试

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The rescue team desperately searched the rubble for survivors after the earthquake.

  • 2.

    She desperately wanted to call her family but had no phone signal.

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