She clung to the edge in a desperate attempt to save herself.
为了活命，她拼命抓住边缘。
I was lucky that my last desperate attempt led to a job.
我很幸运，我最后一次孤注一掷的尝试让我得到了一份工作。
Will you hazard so desperate a step while there is any possibility that any portion of the ills you fly from have no real existence?
如果你们要躲避的灾难可能实际上并不存在，在这种情况下，你们难道还要铤而走险吗？
But the sight of an old man clinging to life with so desperate a courage, gave a fresh turn to his ideas, and inspired him with new courage.
但现在他看到一个老人竟这样大胆不怕死的在寻求活路，他也就有了一个新的希望，勇气和精力也被激励起来。
Firefighters have continued to spray water to cool the dangerously overheated fuel rods at the ageing Fukushima plant, in a desperate attempt to avert a meltdown.
消防员们仍在用水枪冷却陈旧的福岛核电站中危险的过热燃料棒，绝望地想要控制燃料棒的融化。
There are hundreds of people desperate to adopt a child.
有数以百计的人极其渴望收养小孩。
They admit they are now desperate for a lucky break.
他们承认现在非常渴望交上好运。
Doctors were fighting a desperate battle to save the little girl's life.
医生们不惜一切地奋力抢救小女孩的生命。
He was so desperate for a job he would have done anything.
他当时太想找份工作了，什么事都愿意干。
They'd been married nearly four years and June was desperate to start a family.
他们结婚快4年了，琼非常想生个孩子。
He was so desperate to find a job to support his family that he dropped out of school.
他太渴望找一份工作养家糊口了，所以他辍学了。
Nothing can be more fascinating than a smile, which can produce hope in even desperate situations.
没有什么比微笑更能吸引人的了，微笑甚至能在绝望的情况下给人带来希望。
I was just getting desperate enough to brave all the shame, and to seize it, when a window behind me was raised, and a gentleman spoke out of it, saying: "Step in here, please."
我正不顾一切地要勇敢地去抓住它，这时我身后的一扇窗户打开了，一位先生的声音从里面传出来，说：“请到这儿来。”
This time, you're a transplant surgeon and you have five patients, each in desperate need of an organ transplant in order to survive.
这次，你是一名器官移植医生，你有五名病人，每名病人都急需器官移植才能存活。
They have been married for nearly two years and they are desperate to have a baby. However, their wish hasn't come true.
他们结婚差不多两年了，非常渴望有个孩子。然而，他们的愿望仍未实现。
He was desperate when he lost all his money. Luckily, a kind man helped him generously.
他把所有的钱都丢了，陷入了绝望的境地。幸好一个好心人慷慨地帮助了他。
Companies are so desperate for a hit of stars that if you delete the survey the company sends you another one.
这些公司非常渴望满星好评，所以如果你删除了这份问卷，他们也会给你再发一份。
"The lesser prairie chicken is in a desperate situation," said USFWS Director Daniel Ashe.
美国鱼类和野生动物管理局局长丹尼尔·阿什说：“小草原松鸡正处在绝境中。”
Giving a helping hand to those who are desperate for help can make our society more harmonious.
向急需帮助之人伸出援助之手能让我们的社会变得更加和谐。
For those fresh out of university, desperate for work but unable to get it, there is a big imbalance between supply and demand.
对于那些刚从大学出来，急需工作却又得不到的人来说，供求之间存在着巨大的不平衡。
That's a great tempter to a desperate man, is it not?
对于一个绝望的人，那是个很诱惑人的东西，是不是？
Some speculate that it is little more than pre-summit gamesmanship, designed to increase pressure on developed countries desperate for a deal.
有人推测这只不过是峰会前的小动作，旨在增加迫切希望达成协定的发达国家的压力。
The church is fighting a desperate battle to retain a semblance of unity.
这个教会正不惜一切的奋斗以保留一个团结的假象。
It's no wonder, then, that women all over the world are desperate for a better option.
也难怪，全世界的女性们都在渴望出现更好的替代方案。
All this smacks of a desperate, if cunning, gamble.
所有的这些举动透露出一股不顾一切的，也可能是狡猾的，孤注一掷的气息。
Now she is desperate for a job, any job.
但现在她急需一份工作，任何的工作。
The couple met in 2000 while working for a supermarket in their home town and were desperate for a family after marrying in 2004.
2000年，这对夫妻为当地一间超级市场工作时相识，于2004年结婚后，就极其渴望能有自己的孩子。
Experts have already suggested this ancient atrocity may simply have been a desperate last act by a starving people.
专家们已经表示，这种古代的暴行可能只是人们在极其饥饿时走投无路作出的选择。
Experts have already suggested this ancient atrocity may simply have been a desperate last act by a starving people.
专家们已经表示，这种古代的暴行可能只是人们在极其饥饿时走投无路作出的选择。
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