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
- Ever since I lost my job, I have been hard up.
自从失业后，我的手头很紧。 - These workers are always hard up for money several days before payday.
这些工人们在发薪日的前几天手头儿总是很紧。 - 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。 - The editor of the magazine was hard up for material.
那家杂志的编辑缺少材料。 - We are a bit hard up at the moment.
我们最近手头有点紧。 - 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。 - He was rather hard up for a time.
他一度生活很窘。 - He's always hard up before payday.
快到发工资那几天他就闹饥荒。 - Don't complain of being hard up before me!
不要在我面前哭穷！ - As he was hard up, he had to take job.
由于经济上很困难，他不得不接受这个工作。