Men and women alike become desperate for a guarantee of love, but that desperation kicks in, roughly speaking, at different points in the relationship.

男女都会对爱情的承诺变得绝望，但是这种绝望作用于爱情的不同方面。

youdao

Men become desperate for work, any work, which will help them to keep alive their families.

人们极其迫切地要求工作，不管什么工作，只要它能维持一家人的生活就行。

youdao

Believe me-I see the letters of hundreds of men desperate for advice on how to win their ex back.

相信我-我读过的成百上千封男士的来信，都是焦急地要寻求如何让前女友回到身边的建议。

youdao

The pressure is very much on for Canada's men, with the ice hockey-mad nation desperate for the Olympic gold medal they last won in 2002.

BBC: Canada set up ice hockey final clash with United States

They could offer protection and aid in return for loyal service, and desperate men flocked to their employment (mostly tenancy).

FORBES: Magazine Article

The prospect of the pair meeting up in the final for a three-round slug-fest is mouth-watering, but there are younger men on the bill who are as desperate for victory.

BBC: Audley's final shot at redemption