Clyde and Roberta were both becoming desperate, and Clyde saw his possible marriage to the girl as a dismal ending to all his hopes for a bright future.

克莱德和罗伯塔急得走投无路，克莱德认为，要是他不得不与这姑娘结婚，那么他想要青云直上的一切希望都将化为泡影。

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In a sign of how desperate Los Angeles is becoming, the city is now considering offering its most treasured resource to crew members at no charge: parking places.

像是洛杉矶绝望的一个标志，这个城市正在考虑为这些职员免费提供他们最宝贵的资源：停车的地儿。

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Failing to seize the opportunity may result in the flow of desperate people northward becoming uncontrollable.

如果不能抓住这个机会的话，结果可能是绝望的民众大量向北涌入欧洲而无法控制。

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Facing a sea of angry taxpayers and a wave of reforming governors, government unions are becoming desperate.

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But by mid-2008, Mr. Marsch said in an interview, he was becoming desperate.

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But universities are clearly becoming desperate, and the arrival of at least four firms of ambulance-chasing lawyers keen to persuade students to sue for breach of contract can only make them more so.

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