Some mining families resorted to scavenging for coal on slag heaps, a desperate move as most of the "slag" was very dangerous and liable to tip.

一些矿工家庭靠捡矿渣堆中的煤块解燃眉之急，这是一个绝望之举，因为大多数“矿渣”十分危险，极易倒塌。

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Thousands of impoverished peasants are desperate to move to the cities.

成千上万赤贫的农民急切盼望搬到城里去。

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Why do we clutch at this baggage, even when were desperate to move on?

为什么有人仍然抓住行李不放，即使我们不顾一切的向前看。

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This time around Grant predicts a hard landing in housing, accompanied by a collapse in flaky mortgages and a desperate move by the Fed to prevent a recession by gunning the money supply.

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The sudden announcement, and particularly Countrywide's decision to draw on its entire credit line, was considered a desperate move by the lender and fanned speculation that the company was edging toward Chapter 11.

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" In addition, the company statement noted, "STEC believes that Seagate's action is a desperate move to disrupt how aggressively customers are embracing STEC's Zeus-IOPS technology and changing the balance of power in enterprise storage.

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