這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字,意思沒有關係, 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 hard up (short of money) · hard up for (badly needing)

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hard up

A second word, same spelling

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hard up

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

hard upadj

  • 1

    Lacking money; impecunious; in financial difficulties.

    • 1886, Jerome K. Jerome, Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, On being hard up I can speak with authority on the subject of being hard up. I have been a provincial actor. If further evidence be required, which I do not think likely, […]
    • Miss Frensham is young, but she is not beautiful, and to put it in that way is to pay her a noticeable compliment. She is also, I gather, regrettably hard up. Now, as I never conceal from my clients, my business is conducted on a purely financial basis […]
  • 2

    Lacking anything.

    • We were hard up for amusements.
  • 3

    Desperate.

    • Dating him? She must be hard up.

hard upverb

  • 1

    Synonym of harden up (to become or make hard)

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。