担当: to take upon oneself, to assume...
边境: frontier, border...
指向: to point towards, aimed at, facing, the direction indicated...
晚上: evening, night, in the evening...
出人意料: unexpected (idiom), surprising...
连夜: that very night, through the night, for several nights in a row...
遇难: to perish, to be killed...
狼狈: in a difficult situation, to cut a sorry figure, scoundrel! (derog.)...
界: circles; world (circle of literature and art)...
评委: evaluation committee, judging panel, judging panel member, adjudicator, abbr. for...
