名词

1. 绝望;孤注一掷;铤而走险;拼命
    Desperation is the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.

1. desperate recklessness

    e.g. it was a policy of desperation

2. a state in which all hope is lost or absent

    e.g. in the depths of despair
           they were rescued from despair at the last minute
           courage born of desperation

    Synonym: despair