Definition: the state of being desperate Level: C2
一种绝望感笼罩了我。
I was overcome by a sense of ___desperation.
许多人被逼得走投无路，只能靠偷窃为生。
Many are driven to ___desperation and turn to stealing to survive.
在绝望的最后一搏中，他变卖了所有财产来偿还债务。
In a final act of ___desperation, he sold everything he owned to pay the debt.
