1、desperate

(因绝望而）孤注一掷的，铤而走险的，拼命的

Troops are needed to help get food into Kosovo where people are in desperate need.

需要军队帮助将科索沃人民亟需的食品送抵那里。

Desperate with anxiety, Bob and Hans searched the whole house.

焦急万分的鲍勃和汉斯把整座房子找了个遍。

极需要的;渴望的

They'd been married nearly four years and June was desperate to start a family.

他们结婚已快4年了，琼非常渴望要个孩子。

People are desperate for him to do something.

人们极希望他能做点什么。

极困难的;极严重的;极危险的

India's United Nations ambassador said the situation is desperate.

印度驻联合国大使说形势非常危急。

I decided not to abandon John when he was in such a desperate position.

我决定不在约翰走投无路的时候抛弃他。

2、confuse

混淆;搞错

Great care is taken to avoid confusing the two types of projects.

大家非常谨慎，以免把这两类项目弄混。

I can't see how anyone could confuse you with another!

我不明白怎么会有人把你和另外一个人搞混！

把…弄糊涂;使困惑

German politics surprised and confused him.

德国政治既令他惊讶，又让他困惑不解。

搅乱;使复杂化

To further confuse the issue, there is an enormous variation in the amount of sleep people feel happy with.

使问题进一步复杂化的是，每个人需要的睡眠时间千差万别。