hard up

英 [ˌhɑːd ˈʌp]

美 [ˌhɑːrd ˈʌp]

adj. 拮据的，缺钱的(尤指暂时性的); 无所事事的; 无聊的

牛津词典

adj.

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

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

adj

He was rather hard up for a time.
他一度生活很窘。
He's hard up for ideas.
他没有主意。
Don't complain of being hard up before me!
不要在我面前哭穷！
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。
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。
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。
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。
Her parents were very hard up.
她的父母手头很拮据。
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”。
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？