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As the man tried to swing the speedboat round, the steering wheel came away in his hands. He waved desperately to his companion, who had been water skiing for the last fifteen minutes. Both men had hardly had time to realize what was happening when they were thrown violently into the sea. The speedboat had struck a buoy, but it continued to move very quickly across the water. Both men had just begun to swim towards the shore, when they noticed with dismay that the speedboat was moving in a circle.
It now came straight towards them at tremendous speed. In less than a minute, it roared past them only a few feet away. After it had passed, they swam on as quickly as they could because they knew that the boat would soon return. They had just had enough time to swim out of danger when the boat again completed a circle. On this occasion, however, it had slowed down considerably. The petrol had nearly all been used up. Before long, the noise dropped completely and the boat began to drift gently across the water.
desperate后可接不定式，表示“发疯似地想要……”。
When the war was over, Tom was desperate to return to civilian life.
当战争结束的时候，汤姆发疯似的想要回到平民的生活。
be desperate at ...属于固定搭配，表示“因……而绝望”。
He was desperate at the fact that the purse has not been found out.
huge，enormous，immense，tremendous都含“巨大的”意思
huge用于具体事情或人时，指“体积或数量大得超过一般情况”
用于抽象的事物时，作“巨大的，无限的”
enormous指“体积，数量或程度超过正常的大小”
immense指“体积，数量，程度等都极大，一般的衡量标准难以度量”
tremendous指“大得异常惊人或大而有力的”可表示夸张或称赞
