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、engage

参与;从事

I have never engaged in the drug trade.

我从未参与过毒品交易。

You can engage in croquet on the south lawn.

你可以参加南边草坪上的槌球游戏。

吸引（人）;引起（注意、兴趣）

They never learned skills to engage the attention of the others.

他们从未学过吸引他人注意的技巧。

适应；（与…）建立密切关系

She found it hard to engage with office life.

她发现很难适应办公室生活。

She had vowed to go out of her way to engage with the Irish people at local community level.

她已经发誓要努力和当地的爱尔兰人建立关系。