For workers, especially low-paid workers, who desperately need their jobs yet know they can be easily replaced, gamification may feel more like the Hunger Games.
2016年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B
英语六级真题
They save up cash and desperately cut spending.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
As I said, structural unemployment isn't a real problem, it's an excuse—a reason not to act on America's problems at a time when action is desperately needed.
2016年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
ADJ-GRADED
（因绝望而）孤注一掷的，铤而走险的，拼命的
If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it.