semidesperationとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

semidesperation (uncountable)

1. A state approaching desperation.
   • 1858, Biddulph Warner, The coquette (page 6)

     […] the old gentleman […] pooh-poohed the idea, and finally dismissed Henry in a state of semidesperation […]

   • 2009 June 7, Emily Bazelon, “The Self-Employed Depression”, New York Times:

     The call of semidesperation via a high-tech status symbol is an emblem of the gap between the past and the present for many of urban America’s self-employed.