1·I was lucky that my last desperate attempt led to a job.
我很幸运，我最后一次孤注一掷的尝试让我得到了一份工作。
2·She clung to the edge in a desperate attempt to save herself.
为了活命，她拼命抓住边缘。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·He made a desperate attempt to hijack a plane.
他铤而走险，企图劫持一架飞机。
4·Mary made a desperate attempt to hijack a plane.
玛丽铤而走险，企图劫持一架飞机。
5·They made a desperate attempt to save the company.
他们为挽救公司作孤注一掷的努力。
6·Shan shuja, realizing his peril, made a desperate attempt.
沙苏查在意识到自己的危险处境时，做了孤注一掷的尝试。
7·She had to made a desperate attempt to leave her husband so she left under the cover of night.
她只能孤注一掷，离开她的丈夫，所以她趁着夜色跑了。
8·All Japan's energy is focused on its desperate attempt to resist the attraction of China.
全日本的精力正集中在拼命抵抗中国的吸引力。
9·Hostage taking is a last ditch effort. A desperate attempt to regain control over one's life.
人质挟持是最后的努力，重新控制自己生活的绝望的努力。
10·Sheldon: Nothing. It was a desperate attempt to introduce an alternate topic of conversation.
谢尔顿：没关联，我只是迫切想为午餐会换个新话题罢了。