单词hard up
adj.: 拮据的；无所事事的；无聊的
网络: 缺钱；手头拮据；手头紧
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.
很紧,手头紧,手头很紧,急需钱,手里不宽裕;穷得过不下去
难以
Being hard up, she and Yuan Zhen were immensely pleased to see me, guessing I must have brought some money with me to share with them.
她和元真正穷得没法过日子，见我去时很高兴，猜想我一定拿到了钱，连忙向我瓜分。
He was always hard up, but being a man of enterprise knew all the best people, as well as all the worst, so that he dined out every night.
他手头总是很紧，但是由于他敢作敢为，他认识一切最好的和最坏的人物，所以他天天在外面吃晚饭。
Forget it! Don"t strain at a gnat. As you know, he is hard up these days.
算了吧！不要斤斤计较。如你所知，他最近手头紧。
He"s very understanding: if I"m hard up by the middle of the week he"ll always let me have a few groceries on tick till Friday.
他很会体谅人：要是我们到星期二左右手头紧了起来，他就赊给我一些食品杂货，直到星期五再付款。
He was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Instead, my friend was always hard up for cash.
他不是生来富贵人家英寸相反，我的朋友总是缺钱现金。
I am in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, and heading for a remote bit of Nuerland, hard up against the bandit border with Ethiopia.
我从苏丹南部的首府朱巴向纽尔兰进发，一个与埃塞俄比亚剑拔弩张的边塞小镇。
Instead, my friend was always hard up for cash. He did not have much moneyandAnd the money he did earn was chicken feed- very little.
他的家境并不富有，也不是含着金汤匙出生的，反而经常缺钱，自己赚的也很少，少的可怜。
The famous mathematician, Mr. Hua has made a "hard-up and hence is a good training and a hard one before. "
著名的数学家华罗庚先生有一句话“勤奋补拙是良训，一分辛苦一分才。”
The two cross-talk actors must be hard up for ideas, since there were only old punch-lines in their show.
那两个相声演员恐怕已经黔驴技穷了，表演中只有些老包袱。
What he did let slip was that were quite hard up.
他无意中说出的一个情况是他们经济上还相当紧张。