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(desperate)

  • 1 desperate

    ['despərət]
    1) ((sometimes used loosely) despairingly reckless or violent: She was desperate to get into university; a desperate criminal.) desperat
    2) (very bad or almost hopeless: We are in a desperate situation.) desperat; fortvivlet; håbløs
    3) (urgent and despairing: He made a desperate appeal for help.) desperat
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    - desperation
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    ['despərət]
    1) ((sometimes used loosely) despairingly reckless or violent: She was desperate to get into university; a desperate criminal.) desperat
    2) (very bad or almost hopeless: We are in a desperate situation.) desperat; fortvivlet; håbløs
    3) (urgent and despairing: He made a desperate appeal for help.) desperat
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    - desperation

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  • 2 desperate

    desperat

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  • 3 desperate

    fortvivlet

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  • 4 desperate

    håbløs

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  • 5 a race against time

    (a desperate attempt to do something before a certain time.) kapløb med tiden
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    (a desperate attempt to do something before a certain time.) kapløb med tiden

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  • 6 at one's wits' end

    (utterly confused and desperate.) ikke ane sine levende råd
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    (utterly confused and desperate.) ikke ane sine levende råd

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  • 7 have one's back to the wall

    (to be in a very difficult or desperate situation: He certainly has his back to the wall as he has lost his job and cannot find another one.) stå med ryggen mod muren
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    (to be in a very difficult or desperate situation: He certainly has his back to the wall as he has lost his job and cannot find another one.) stå med ryggen mod muren

    English-Danish dictionary > have one's back to the wall

  • 8 dödsfabrik

    substantiv

    Raoul Wallenberg var en svensk som gjorde desperata försök på att rädda ungerska judar undan nazisternas dödsfabriker.

    R.W. var en svensker, der gjorde desperate forsøg på at redde ungarske jøder fra nazisternes dødsfabrikker (R.W. 1912-47?, diplomat, humanitær indsats i Budapest)

    Svensk-dansk ordbog > dödsfabrik

См. также в других словарях:

  • Desperate — Des per*ate, a. [L. desperatus, p. p. of desperare. See {Despair}, and cf. {Desperado}.] 1. Without hope; given to despair; hopeless. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I am desperate of obtaining her. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Beyond hope; causing despair;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Desperate — may refer to: Despair (emotion), a feeling of hopelessness Desperate (film), a 1947 suspense film directed by Anthony Mann Desperate (Divinyls album) Desperate (Daphne Khoo album) Desperate (Daphne Khoo song) Desperate , a song by David Archuleta …   Wikipedia

  • desperate — ► ADJECTIVE 1) feeling, showing, or involving despair. 2) extremely bad or serious: a desperate shortage. 3) having a great need or desire for something: desperate for a cigarette. 4) violent or dangerous. ● desperate diseases must have desperate …   English terms dictionary

  • desperate — [des′pər it] adj. [ME desperat < L desperatus, pp. of desperare: see DESPAIR] 1. a) driven to or resulting from loss of hope; rash or violent because of despair [a desperate criminal] b) having a very great desire, need, etc. [desperate for… …   English World dictionary

  • desperate — [adj1] reckless, outrageous atrocious, audacious, bold, careless, dangerous, daring, death defying, determined, devilmay care, foolhardy, frantic, frenzied, furious, hasty, hazardous, headlong, headstrong, heinous, impetuous, incautious, madcap,… …   New thesaurus

  • Desperate — Des per*ate, n. One desperate or hopeless. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • desperate — index drastic, hot blooded, pessimistic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • desperate — early 15c., despairing, hopeless, from L. desperatus given up, despaired of, pp. of desperare (see DESPAIR (Cf. despair)). Sense of driven to recklessness is from late 15c.; weakened sense of having a great desire for is from 1950s. Related:… …   Etymology dictionary

  • desperate — hopeless, despairing, *despondent, forlorn Analogous words: reckless, rash, foolhardy, venturesome (see AD VENTUROUS): *precipitate, headlong: thwarted, foiled, frustrated, outwitted, circumvented, baffled, balked (see FRUSTRATE) Contrasted words …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • desperate — des|per|ate W3 [ˈdespərıt] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: desperatus, past participle of desperare; DESPAIR2] 1.) willing to do anything to change a very bad situation, and not caring about danger ▪ I had no money left and was desperate.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • desperate — [[t]de̱spərət[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADJ GRADED If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it. Troops are needed to help get food into Kosovo where people are in desperate need... Desperate with… …   English dictionary

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