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。

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Boys are often sold to families desperate for an heir; girls can be reared as future brides for rural men.

男孩经常卖给那些极度渴望有个继承人的家庭，女孩则可以成为农村男人未来的新娘。

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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。

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Note-jobs often involve lone gun men, desperate for drugs or money, who hand over a note demanding cash.

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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.

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

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