| 单词 | hard up |
| 释义 | ˌhard ˈup adjective 1 POORif you are hard up, you do not have much money 缺钱的，手头紧的 I’m a bit hard up at the moment. 我目前手头有点紧。2 not having something that you want or need 缺乏〔想要或需要的东西〕的 ‘How about a date with Tom?’ ‘No, thanks, I’m not that hard up.’ “和汤姆约会一下怎么样？”“不，谢啦，我还不至于那么饥不择食。”hard up for The media are obviously hard up for stories. 显然媒体缺乏新闻素材。Examples from the Corpushard up• Scott was pretty hard up, so I lent him $20.hard up for• We were so hard up for entertainment we sat outside counting the cars go by.From Longman Business Dictionaryhard upˌhard ˈup adjective informal1not having enough money, especially for a short period of timeWe expected quite a bit of income from the Las Vegas project, but this has been postponed, so we’re financially hard up.2be hard up for something to not have enough of something for a particular period of time, especially workThe media are obviously hard up for stories because they seem interested in this very ordinary case.ˌhard ˈup adjectiveChineseSyllable money if Business you up, much not you have are Corpus do hard |
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