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。

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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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They made a desperate attempt to save the company.

他们为挽救公司作孤注一掷的努力。

youdao

His entire economic agenda is one big and desperate attempt to boost American consumption.

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They had filled water jugs with their own urine in a desperate attempt to stay alive.

ECONOMIST: Illegal immigration

In a desperate attempt to avoid anything like that in the future I enrolled in a tax course.

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