desperado

desperado
[ˌdɛspəˈrɑːdəʊ]
(pl. -oes -os)
  1. (dated)a desperate or reckless person, especially a criminal
    (旧)亡命之徒;铤而走险的人(尤指罪犯)
派生
desperadoism
noun
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: pseudo-Spanish alteration of the obsolete noun desperate. Both desperate and desperado originally denoted a person in despair or in a desperate situation, hence someone made reckless by despair
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