hard up

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++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 Corpus

hard 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.

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hard up
ˌhard ˈup

adjective
1. if you are hard up, you do not have much money:

I’m a bit hard up at the moment.
2. not having something that you want or need:

‘How about a date with Tom?’ ‘No, thanks, I’m not that hard up.’
hard up for

The media are obviously hard up for stories.

hard up

BrE

/ˌhɑːd ˈʌp/

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NAmE

/ˌhɑːrd ˈʌp/

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adjective

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informal

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

<titled tranID="8" status="3">poor<chnsep> </chnsep><chn/></titled>disadvantaged ◇ needy ◇ impoverished ◇ deprived ◇ penniless ◇ hard up

These words all describe sb who has very little or no money and therefore cannot satisfy their basic needs. 以上各词均形容人贫穷、贫寒。

poor having very little money; not having enough money for basic needs 指贫穷的、贫寒的、清贫的：◆They were too poor to buy shoes for the kids. 他们穷得没钱给孩子买鞋穿。
disadvantaged having less money and fewer opportunities than most people in society 指生活条件差的、贫困的、社会地位低下的：◆socially disadvantaged sections of the community 该社区社会地位低下的贫困阶层
needy poor 指缺乏生活必需品的、贫困的：◆It's a charity that provides help for needy children. 这是一个为贫困孩子提供援助的慈善机构。
impoverished (journalism 新闻) poor 指赤贫的、不名一文的：◆Thousands of impoverished peasants are desperate to move to the cities. 成千上万赤贫的农民急切盼望搬到城里去。
deprived [usually before noun] without enough food, education, and all the things that are necessary for people to live a happy and comfortable life 指贫穷的、穷困的、穷苦的

poor, needy, impoverished or deprived? 用 poor、needy、impoverished 还是 deprived？

Poor is the most general of these words and can be used to describe yourself, another individual person, people as a group, or a country or an area. Needy is mostly used to describe people considered as a group: it is not used to talk about yourself or individual people. * poor 在这组词中最通用，可用以描述自己、另一个人、某个群体、国家或地区。needy 主要用以描述群体，不用以描述自己或个人：◆poor/needy children/families 贫困的孩子／家庭◆They were too needy to buy shoes for the kids. Impoverished is used, especially in journalism, to talk about poor countries and the people who live there. To talk about poor areas in rich countries, use deprived. * impoverished 尤用于新闻，指贫穷国家和生活在贫穷国家的人。指富裕国家的贫困地区用 deprived。

penniless (literary) having no money; very poor 指一文不名的、穷困的：◆He died penniless in Paris. 他死于巴黎，死时身无分文。
hard up (informal) having very little money, especially for a short period of time 尤指暂时拮据、缺钱：◆I was always hard up as a student. 我当学生时总是很拮据。

Patterns

poor/disadvantaged/needy/impoverished/deprived/penniless/hard-up people/families
poor/disadvantaged/needy/impoverished/deprived areas
poor/disadvantaged/impoverished countries
a(n) poor/disadvantaged/impoverished/deprived background

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lacking in sth interesting to do, talk about, etc. 无所事事的；无聊的

◆'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！”

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