Without him their mission seems suddenly aborted, hopes dashed.

没有总裁，他们的使命似乎突然中止，希望破灭了。

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Nigerian officials optimistic for a smooth start to elections quickly had their hopes dashed when an explosion ripped through an election office on the eve of Saturday's polls.

尼日利亚官员原本乐观地认为选举可以顺利开始，但是他们的希望很快就破灭了。星期六选举前夜，一个选举办公室遭到爆炸袭击。

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Renewed fighting has dashed hopes for a United Nations-organized interim government.

重燃的战火粉碎了在联合国的组织下建立临时政府的希望。

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But for the most part, the onlookers hopes of sighting a jailed relative were dashed.

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The Red Bulls have also had their title hopes dashed quite often by their biggest rival.

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Boring old utility companies that had been hoping to be re-rated by the stockmarket as exciting, new Internet firms may have their hopes dashed after all.

ECONOMIST: Power-line technology

With their hopes dashed, do they give up?

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