hard up
英 [ˌhɑːd ˈʌp]
美 [ˌhɑːrd ˈʌp]
adj. 拮据的，缺钱的(尤指暂时性的); 无所事事的; 无聊的
牛津词典
adj.
- 拮据的，缺钱的（尤指暂时性的）
having very little money, especially for a short period of time - 无所事事的；无聊的
lacking in sth interesting to do, talk about, etc.- ‘You could always go out with Steve.’ ‘I'm not that hard up!’
“你总可以和史蒂夫出去玩玩吧。”“我还没无聊到那个地步呢！”
- ‘You could always go out with Steve.’ ‘I'm not that hard up!’
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 拮据的;缺钱的
If you arehard up, you have very little money.- Her parents were very hard up.
她的父母手头很拮据。
- Her parents were very hard up.
英英释义
adj
- not having enough money to pay for necessities
双语例句
- I never expected that the hard up families would drop to only two.
我没想到困难户会减少到只有两户。 - If you are hard up, I can advance you some money.
你如果缺钱，我可以借些钱给你。 - My parents were hard up during the1930s but now they are well-off.
在三十年代，我的双亲经济拮据，但现在他们很富有。 - He was just as hard up as any of us.
他和我们中的任何人都一样手头拮据。 - Whenever I'm hard up for money, he will empty his purse to help me.
每当我手头拮据的时候，他总是倾囊相助。 - He was rather hard up for a time.
他一度生活很窘。 - I know you're hard up for new reading material.
我知道你在为找不到阅读材料发愁。 - We are a bit hard up at the moment.
我们最近手头有点紧。 - We were so hard up we had to sleep in the car.
“咱们现在可是穷得叮当响，无家可归只能睡车里了”。 - As he was hard up he had to take this job.
由于手头儿紧，他不得不接受这份工作。