She underwent a heart transplant in a last-ditch attempt to save her.

她动了心脏移植手术，这是为挽救她的生命而作的最后一次努力。

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It represents a last-ditch attempt by the country to extricate itself from its economic crisis.

这是该国摆脱经济危机的最后一搏。

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But the more serious threat comes from semiautonomous machines over which humans retain nothing more than last-ditch veto power.

但是更严重的威胁来自那些人类仅有最后一刻否决权的半自主机器。

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Israel has sent an intelligence chief and a top negotiator to Cairo in a last ditch effort to win the release of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

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The head of a string of pigs appeared, snout-up, over the ditch, and he had to screech to a stop and watch the rear of the last pig disappear shaking into the ditch on the other side.

这时候出现了一群猪，仰着鼻子走过水渠，他只好用一个急刹车,目送着最后一只猪大摇大摆地跨过水沟,消失在另一端。

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But then Lionsgate made a last ditch effort to revive its offer to merge with the company.

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One of those last ditch efforts that many of us have a fair bit of experience with.

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It will be a last ditch effort to get out the vote.

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