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desperate Meaning in Japanese (desperate 英語 意味)

絶望的な, 必死の, 危機的な
絶望的な in English:desperate
Phonetic:ぜつぼうてきな
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desperate の日本語の意味は「絶望的な, 必死の, 危機的な」です。 (状況に対処できないほど悪いと感じ、絶望感を示すさま。)

Definitions of Desperate

  1. 1
    adjective
    絶望的な

    Feeling or showing a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with.

    状況に対処できないほど悪いと感じ、絶望感を示すさま。

  2. 2
    adjective
    必死の

    Having an urgent need or desire for something, often to the point of recklessness.

    しばしば無謀なほど、何かを強く必要としたり望んだりしているさま。

  3. 3
    adjective
    危機的な

    (Of a situation or problem) extremely serious or urgent.

    （状況や問題が）極めて深刻または緊急であるさま。

Example Sentences

“He made a desperate attempt to save his drowning friend.”

彼は溺れている友人を救おうと必死の試みをした。

“She was desperate for a job after months of unemployment.”

彼女は数ヶ月の失業の後、仕事に必死だった。

“The situation in the war-torn country was desperate.”

戦争で荒廃した国の状況は絶望的だった。

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Synonyms (類語)

In English:

hopelessdespairingfranticurgentdire

Antonyms (対義語)

Inflected Word Forms

noundesperation
adverbdesperately

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

desperate measurescollocation

Extreme actions taken in a difficult or dangerous situation.

desperate pleacollocation

An urgent and emotional request.