hard-up
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英 
- adj.〈口〉缺少;急需
- 网络手头紧;经济拮据;经济困难
英汉双解
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. | ~ (for sth) 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!” |
英汉解释
例句
Being hard up, she and Yuan Zhen were immensely pleased to see me, guessing I must have brought some money with me to share with them.
她和元真正穷得没法过日子,见我去时很高兴,猜想我一定拿到了钱,连忙向我瓜分。
He was always hard up, but being a man of enterprise knew all the best people, as well as all the worst, so that he dined out every night.
他手头总是很紧,但是由于他敢作敢为,他认识一切最好的和最坏的人物,所以他天天在外面吃晚饭。
Forget it! Don't strain at a gnat. As you know, he is hard up these days.
算了吧!不要斤斤计较。如你所知,他最近手头紧。
He's very understanding: if I'm hard up by the middle of the week he'll always let me have a few groceries on tick till Friday.
他很会体谅人:要是我们到星期二左右手头紧了起来,他就赊给我一些食品杂货,直到星期五再付款。
He was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Instead, my friend was always hard up for cash.
他不是生来富贵人家英寸相反,我的朋友总是缺钱现金。
I am in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, and heading for a remote bit of Nuerland, hard up against the bandit border with Ethiopia.
我从苏丹南部的首府朱巴向纽尔兰进发,一个与埃塞俄比亚剑拔弩张的边塞小镇。
Instead, my friend was always hard up for cash. He did not have much moneyandAnd the money he did earn was chicken feed- very little.
他的家境并不富有,也不是含着金汤匙出生的,反而经常缺钱,自己赚的也很少,少的可怜。
The famous mathematician, Mr. Hua has made a "hard-up and hence is a good training and a hard one before. "
著名的数学家华罗庚先生有一句话“勤奋补拙是良训,一分辛苦一分才。”
The two cross-talk actors must be hard up for ideas, since there were only old punch-lines in their show.
那两个相声演员恐怕已经黔驴技穷了,表演中只有些老包袱。
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。
He is always hard up because he doesn't lay out his money wisely.
他总是没钱,因为他用钱不会精打细算。
"This is diplomatic property, " said one of the guards in good English, as he thrust me hard up against a jeep.
其中一个警卫一边把我推搡到一辆吉普车前,一边用纯正的英语说道:“这里是外交领地。”
Eg. He was very hard up for money when he was out of job.
他失业的时候很穷。
As the white -collar are yelling for being hard up, we blue-collar had better go begging. It's soon when I am going to be a beggar.
白领们都在叫着薪水不够,我们蓝领真该去要饭了。现在看快了,离要饭仅一步之遥。
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。
Culms hard, up to 2 m long, farinose below nodes, nodes densely bearded in tuft at sheath margin or all round.
2米长的秆硬,可达,在下面节,节浓密具髯毛成丛到处在鞘边缘或时候。
Eg. The company is hard up for new ideas.
这家公司缺乏新的构想。
After losing the state funding given to opposition parties, the Lib Dems are hard-up, and leaving their stately Westminster HQ.
在失去了支付给反对党的国家资金后,拮据的自由民主党离开了宏伟的威斯敏斯特总部。
I should (would) never have done it if I hadn't been so hard up.
如果手头不是那样拮据,我是不会那样做的。
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,实际他确实是由于生活日益拮掘而屈服于媒体的纠缠。
We are a bit hard up at the moment.
我们最近手头有点紧。
But even in one of the world's richest countries the hard-up represent a huge and growing market.
但即使在世界上最富裕的国家,穷人也代表着巨大而很有前景的市场。
With the Federal Reserve's target interest rate hard up against the 0% lower limit, some additional fiscal expansion is justified.
随着联储对目标利率从极限0%的坚挺提升,一些额外的财政扩张措施也随之而来。
Her husband is continually complaining of being hard up (for money).
她的丈夫时常诉苦手头很紧。
Stick bug: Boy, these folks are sure hard up for entertainment.
棍虫:哥们,这些家伙显然缺乏娱乐活动。
But also inspired her determination to work hard up, she secretly vowed to stand out to make people look down below her glasses!
但也激发她向上努力奋斗的决心,她暗暗发誓要出人头地要让瞧不起她的人跌破眼镜!
The work is hard -- up to 10 takes of one shot from different angles.
工作很辛苦--一个镜头会从不同的角度拍摄10次以上。
So do I. I don't think anyone enjoys being hard up for time, money, or work.
对,缺钱,缺时间,没工作都不好受。
You'll want to try to push yourself hard up the hill, but don't let your form totally fall apart.
您想用力冲上坡顶,但是不能使您的跑姿彻底变形。
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。
Nowadays we are all of us so hard up, that the only pleasant things to pay ARE compliments. They're the only things we CAN pay.
这年头大家都闹穷,唯一可献的好东西只有殷勤了。只有殷勤可以献得起乐。
Hard-up companies will be tempted to opt for cheaper, DIY solutions, to the irritation of established pollsters.
资金紧张的公司可能禁不住选择更便宜的、自己动手做(DIY)的方式,这惹恼了传统的调查公司。
idiom To be 'hard up' is an English idiom.
成语,惯用语风势已减。
I wouldn't have done it like that if I hadn't been so hard up.
倘若我以前手头不是那么拮据的话,我就不会那么做了。
So, today, most hard up countries in Europe are finding it harder to borrow money.
因此,在今天,欧洲很多资金短缺的国家发现要借钱的话越来越难了。
Eg. The country is hard up for technicians and doctors.
乡村急需技术人员和医生。
Susan was hard up for money at the time and Rita paid her few hundred bucks to screw me.
苏珊当时手头紧,丽塔给了她几百美金诱使我和她发生通奸行为。
We were very hard up for money when I lost my job.
在我失业时,我们手头很紧。
Hard up families may receive financial support from the welfare fund.
经济困难的家庭可获得福利基金的经济支持。
Feet hard up or leave you to jump.
两脚用力离开原地向上或向前跳。