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
- 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 happen to be more than usually hard up.
近来正巧手头更紧了。 - 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。 - We are a bit hard up at the moment.
我们最近手头有点紧。 - He was rather hard up for a time.
他一度生活很窘。 - Her parents were very hard up.
她的父母手头很拮据。 - You're so hard up to get me on something?
你很难抓住我的把柄吧？ - 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”。 - LL: Right. I'm usually hard up for time during exams. I have so much.
我也是，只要到了期中考，期末考的季节，我就觉得时间不够用，书都。 - 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。