She clung to the edge in a desperate attempt to save herself.

为了活命，她拼命抓住边缘。

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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。

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"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。”

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Messina Mayor Giuseppe Buzzanca says a desperate search continues under the collapsed buildings and rubble in the hope of finding someone still alive.

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A desperate honesty that throbs through his confession does not absolve him from sins of diabolical cunning. He is abnormal.

他的忏悔被绝望的虔诚悸动着,但这也不能为他那恶魔的狡诈赎罪，他是变态。

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Do you see that word "throbs"? " A desperate honesty that throbs through his confession."

你们看到那个字了吗，悸动“,他的忏悔被绝望的虔诚悸动着“

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She said there was a desperate need for up to date and reliable equipment.

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Despite a desperate late-night rescue effort, 39 people aboard that boat died, including eight children.

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Arriving in the war zone, he starts a desperate chase to find medicines for Vittoria.

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