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

• He's hard up for ideas.
  他没有主意。
• Her parents were very hard up.
  她的父母手头很拮据。
• If you are hard up, I can advance you some money.
  你如果缺钱，我可以借些钱给你。
• 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。
• Ever since I lost my job, I have been hard up.
  自从失业后，我的手头很紧。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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”。