They failed to pierce the Liverpool defence.

他们未能突破利物浦队的防线。

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The little old man asked, more and more worried as he tried to pierce the faraway shadows.

矮小的老人问，当他试图穿透远处的阴影时，他越来越担心。

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He struck straight through the forest, hoping to pierce to a road presently, but he was disappointed in this.

他径直穿过森林，希望很快就能找到一条路，但他失望了。

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Pierce wanted to run for re-election. Many northern Democrats,however, objected to his support of the pro-slavery legislature in Kansas.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

In his foreign policy, President Pierce successfully negotiated with Britain to gain American fishing rights along the coast of Canada.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

President Pierce had tried to unite the different groups in the party by giving each a representative in his cabinet.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

With all precincts reporting, she garnered 54 percent of the vote to Pierce's 46 percent.

CNN: Democrats win N.J., Virginia governorships

The President tries to pierce the bubble by reading ten letters a day from ordinary people.

NEWYORKER: State of the Union

For all their dominance, Edinburgh were lacking the spark needed to pierce the Cardiff defence.

BBC: Edinburgh 16-3 Cardiff Blues