3个月来在医生们奋力挽救她的生命的过程中，她一直处在死亡的边缘。

She hovered on the brink of death for three months as doctors battled to save her.

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我从社会死亡的边缘拯救了自己。

I had saved myself from social death.

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就算我们站在死亡的边缘。

Calculated our stand in the death edge.

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She touched the edge of its voluptuous field, knowing it would be lovely beyond dreams, simply to submit to it, that not gravity's pull, laws of ballistics, feral ravening promised more delight.

一个死亡愿望就能达成，她经历过骄奢生活的边缘，知道如果一向它投降，就会有种超越梦境的快乐，野性的掠夺能够带来更多的欢乐。

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If people are on the verge of dying, perhaps it is necessary to overlook that injustice, but I think it's important to keep in mind that we're still committing injustice by taking people's belongings or assets.

如果人们在死亡边缘挣扎，也许忽视这样的不公平是必要的，但我认为即使这样，我们依然要铭记,我们的行为不公正,这是在占有他人的财物或资产。

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