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
- He was rather hard up for a time.
他一度生活很窘。 - The editor of the magazine was hard up for material.
那家杂志的编辑缺少材料。 - The country is hard up for technicians and doctors.
乡村急需技术人员和医生。 - We're a bit hard up this year so we won't be going on holiday after all.
今年我们有点拮据，因此根本不会去度假。 - I happen to be more than usually hard up.
近来正巧手头更紧了。 - What he did let slip was that were quite hard up.
他无意中说出的一个情况是他们经济上还相当紧张。 - 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。 - 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。 - I'm hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.
我缺少衣服，但是我有很多书。 - I can not imagine a human be so hard up for something to do as to quarrel with me.
我不能想象有人手头急需做的事情就是要跟我吵架。