プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
やけ【▲自▲棄】
desperation ⇒やぶれかぶれ（破れかぶれ）
失敗してから彼はやけになった
He became desperate after his failure.／His failure drove him to despair [desperation].
失恋してから彼はやけを起こした
He 「gave himself up [abandoned himself] to despair after his disappointment in love.／After his disappointment in love, he ceased to care what happened to him.
やけになって花瓶をたたきつけた
He threw the flower vase to the floor in a fit of despair.
自棄のやんぱち
こうなりゃやけのやんぱちだ
《俗》 I don't give a damn any more.
自棄食い
やけ食いする eat madly to ease one's frustration
自棄飲み