Hook felt a gloomy desire to make his dying speech, lest presently there should be no time for it.

胡克有一种沮丧的欲望，想发表他的临终遗言，唯恐马上就没有时间了。

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The idea is that this is designed to give a hook that implementors can make cheap to poll.

其思想是提供一个钩子供实现者进行低廉的轮询。

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If you have a sharp object to use as a hook, a shoelace can make a decent fishing line.

如果你有什么尖利的东西能做鱼钩，鞋带就可以当钓鱼线。

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And they certainly make for a nice marketing hook in today's increasingly cluttered landscape.

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There will probably be accusations of some sort of mismanagement used as a hook to make claims about the board of directors being asleep at the switch.

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