hard up 详细解释

hard up

缺（钱）

短缺; 缺钱

My parents were hard up during the 1930s 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。

I'm a bit hard up this week.

这星期我手头有点拮据。

词义辨析

同义参见:

depressed  

英英释义

形容词 hard up:

not having enough money to pay for necessities

同义词：impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched

补充

hard uphard up1.〈口〉经济困难;缺钱

例句

1. Her parents were very hard up.她的父母生活非常拮据。 2. He was really hard up and couldn't afford to eat out.他确实手头拮据, 没有钱在外面吃饭。 3. We're pretty hard up these days.这些日子我们相当缺钱。 4. She always seems to be hard up for cash.她似乎总是缺钱。 5. He's hard up for friends. [=he has few friends]他朋友很少。

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