They admit they are now desperate for a lucky break.

他们承认现在非常渴望交上好运。

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He is so deep in debt and desperate for money that he's apparently willing to say anything.

他债台高筑，急需钱，因此他显然什么都愿意说。

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Giving a helping hand to those who are desperate for help can make our society more harmonious.

向急需帮助之人伸出援助之手能让我们的社会变得更加和谐。

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One woman says she is desperate for help.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

Those who live and work on the border say the problems are complicated, involving demands for better security and pleas for help from desperate migrants.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

The much-criticized electoral commission chairman Maurice Iwu blames a desperate political class motivated largely by a desire to enjoy the profits of office for Nigeria's electoral problems.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

By God, investors, especially retired investors, are desperate for income to pay their bills.

FORBES: Desperate For Income?

It left the Waltons, who travelled to Tenerife for the trial, ever more desperate for closure.

BBC: Garry Walton drowning: Family 'just want justice'

Since September, 200 to 300 people have called every day, desperate for any kind of mask.

CNN: gas mask