- hard up
- 缺钱；短缺
参考例子
- 1.The widow was hard up against it, ever so hard .
- 这位寡妇当吃了很多苦，真是苦极了。
- 2.The family was always " hard up, " never very well clothed.
- 一家人老是“很紧”，好衣服从来没有上过身。
- 3.Although adamant that he is not cashing in on Diana's death, Rees-Jones is submitting to a media hoopla because he is hard up.
- 虽然里斯-琼斯坚称他并非利用戴安娜之死来挣钱，实际他确是由于生活日益拮据而屈服于媒体的纠缠。
英文解释
- adj.
- 1.not having enough money to pay for necessities
网络释义
- hard up
- 拮据; 上风满舵; 打结实; 缺钱，手头紧;
- hard- up
- 手头紧;
- hard-up
- 无所事事;
- be hard up
- 短缺，在急需中; 一贫如洗; 经济拮据,经济拮据; 感到为难;
- be hard up for
- 缺少; 缺钱，手头紧; 缺，穷; 缺乏某样东西，通常用来指缺钱或没时间;