Their lives were filled with untold suffering.; They lived in an abyss of misery.

他们生活在水深火热之中。

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A., I found it's just like a slum somewhere on the metro line between the downtown and Long Beach where the black people live in an abyss of misery.

上次去洛杉矶见我的同学，我发现市中心到长岛的那段地铁沿线上到处都是贫民窟，那里的黑人生活得水深火热。

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The imperialists sold, maltreated and caused the death of numerous Chinese laborers, plunging countless people in old China into an abyss of misery.

帝国主义者大肆贩卖和虐杀华工，使旧中国无数生灵惨遭涂炭。

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