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 know you're hard up for new reading material.
我知道你在为找不到阅读材料发愁。 - 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。 - 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。 - He was rather hard up for a time.
他一度生活很窘。 - 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。 - Ever since I lost my job, I have been hard up.
自从失业后,我的手头很紧。 - We are a bit hard up at the moment.
我们最近手头有点紧。 - 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。 - 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。 - Her parents were very hard up.
她的父母手头很拮据。