desperation

英 [despə'reɪʃn] 美[,dɛspə'reʃən]

• n. 绝望的境地；不顾一切拼命

1. a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly;

"they were rescued from despair at the last minute"

2. desperate recklessness;

"it was a policy of desperation"