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.
  1. ‘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！”

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 拮据的;缺钱的
  If you arehard up, you have very little money.
  1. Her parents were very hard up.
     她的父母手头很拮据。

英英释义

adj

• not having enough money to pay for necessities
  Synonym:impecuniousin straitened circumstances(p)pennilesspenuriouspinched

双语例句

• Her parents were very hard up.
  她的父母手头很拮据。
• He was rather hard up for a time.
  他一度生活很窘。
• I happen to be more than usually hard up.
  近来正巧手头更紧了。
• 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。
• 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”。
• The editor of the magazine was hard up for material.
  那家杂志的编辑缺少材料。
• He's always so down at heel; is he hard up or just slovenly?
  他总是这么邋遢，是生活潦倒还是不修边幅？
• If you are hard up, I can advance you some money.
  你如果缺钱，我可以借些钱给你。
• 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。
• 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。