Security personnel had to watch helplessly as one of the glass panes of the exhibits was smashed.

保安人员只能眼睁睁地看着当展厅里的一块玻璃被打破。

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Some dashed to the headland, only to watch helplessly as a wooden boat carrying as many as 100 asylum-seekers smashed against rocks.

海角发生了撞船，人们无可奈何的看着一艘载有多达100名避难者的木船撞碎在岩石上。

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Some dashed to the headland, only to watch helplessly as a wooden boat carrying as many as 100 asylum-seekers smashed against rocks, with what one local called a "sickening crack".

有些人冲到岬上却只能眼睁睁看着载着100多个寻求庇护者的木船随着一声“令人作呕得噼啪声“（有一个当地人形容道）撞上了暗礁而爱莫能助。

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West Germans could but watch helplessly as his body was pulled from the water.

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Intensive-care nurses at Cincinnati Children's used to watch helplessly as 60 kids a year developed this deadly infection.

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Doctors watch helplessly as 15% of the afflicted children suffer relapses and die.

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