hard-up

1 Her parents were very hard up.

她的父母手头很拮据。

2 The editor of the magazine was hard up for material.

那家杂志的编辑缺少材料.

3 He was rather hard up for a time.

他一度生活很窘.

4 Don't complain of being hard up before me!

不要在我面前哭穷!

5 She is always hard up because she doesn't lay out her money wisely.

她总是缺钱花,因为她胡乱花钱.

6 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.

7 " The address, too,'she added to herself. " They must be hard up. "

“ 这个地址也很说明问题, " 她又对自己说, " 他们一定是手头拮据了.

8 After New York, Brooklyn looked actually poor and hard - up.

和纽约相比.布鲁克林真显得寒酸而贫穷.

9 Sometimes, when they were very hard up, they sold something.

有时他们穷得实在过不下去了, 只好卖掉些东西.

10 Ever since I lost my job, I have been hard up.

自从失业后, 我的手头很紧.

11 If you are hard up, I can advance you some money.

你如果缺钱, 我可以借贷一些钱给你.

12 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.

13 Andrew has worked hard up to now.

安德鲁一直努力工作到现在.

14 My parents were hard up during the 1930 s 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.

15 Ever since Green was dead, the Greens have been hard up.

格林去世后, 他们全家一直经济困难.

16 Being short of money, I made a virtue of necessity and gave up smoking.

我因缺钱，倒也乐得把烟戒了。

17 As a college student,he is often hard up for money.

作为一名大学生，他经常手头紧。

1 急需

critical exact

2 缺少

shy absent want absence poverty shortage scarcity shortness

3 拮据的

narrow embarrassed hard-pressed straitened

4 拮据

narrow embarrassed hard-pressed straitened squeeze tightness