hard up

adj.

1. 拮据的，缺钱的（尤指暂时性的）
   having very little money, especially for a short period of time
2. 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！”

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

1. Her parents were very hard up.
   她的父母手头很拮据。
2. 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。
3. Don't complain of being hard up before me!
   不要在我面前哭穷！
4. He was rather hard up for a time.
   他一度生活很窘。
5. He's always hard up before payday.
   快到发工资那几天他就闹饥荒。
6. 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。
7. He's hard up for ideas.
   他没有主意。
8. The editor of the magazine was hard up for material.
   那家杂志的编辑缺少材料。
9. 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。
10. I am hard up for money.
    我手头有点紧。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. If you are hard up, I can advance you some money.
    你如果缺钱，我可以借些钱给你。
18. We are a bit hard up at the moment.
    我们最近手头有点紧。
19. We're a bit hard up this year so we won't be going on holiday after all.
    今年我们有点拮据，因此根本不会去度假。
20. I happen to be more than usually hard up.
    近来正巧手头更紧了。
21. Feet hard up or leave you to jump.
    两脚用力离开原地向上或向前跳。
22. 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？
23. The country is hard up for technicians and doctors.
    乡村急需技术人员和医生。
24. Ever since I lost my job, I have been hard up.
    自从失业后，我的手头很紧。
25. 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。
26. 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”。
27. 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。
28. We were very hard up for money when I lost my job.
    在我失业时，我们手头很紧。
29. You're so hard up to get me on something?
    你很难抓住我的把柄吧？
30. 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。

adj

1. not having enough money to pay for necessities

   Synonym:    impecuniousin straitened circumstances(p)pennilesspenuriouspinched