副词

1. I am desperately hard up.
我手头极其拮据。

2. The man in the river desperately tried to reach the side.
那个落水的人拼命想游到河岸边。

1. 拼命地;不顾一切地, 孤注一掷地：Globalization 全球化 | Desperately 拼命地;不顾一切地, 孤注一掷地 | Dominate 支配, 占优势;控制

2. 拼命地：desperate 不顾一切的 | desperately 拼命地 | desperateness 拼命

3. 拚命.自暴自弃地：desperado 不逞之徒 | desperately 拚命.自暴自弃地 | desperatelyseriousdisastrousextremelyexceedingly 不得了

4. 絕望地：expectancy期望;預期 | desperately絕望地 | violence暴力,暴力行為

adv

1. with great urgency

e.g. health care reform is needed urgently
the soil desperately needed potash

Synonym: urgently

2. in intense despair

e.g. the child clung desperately to her mother