Trying to look calm, I showed them my empty hands and desperately tried to look unthreatening.

我试图保持冷静，给他们看我空着的双手，不顾一切地试着看他们凶恶的面孔。

youdao

Question 1: Hi Bobby -- your article is very useful and I was looking desperately to some information it contains a few months ago when I tried to make this work with Oracle.

问题 1： Bobby 您好 -- 您的文章非常有帮助，几个月前我在使用 Oracle 做该项工作时，仔细阅读了本文包含的信息。

youdao

I desperately tried to recall her own soothing words from times past when I'd skinned knees or stubbed toes, times when she knew just the right thing to say.

我拼命回想过去当我蹭破膝盖、碰伤脚趾时她对我说的安慰话，那种时候她总是知道该说什么。

youdao

"Having tried desperately hard in the early days on film and on stage to imitate Winston I now don't do that, " he says.

BBC: News - Today - Being Winston