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adjective They’re not really as hard up as they say they are. After he lost his job he was so hard up he couldn’t afford the price of a beer. ‘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！” The newspapers must be hard up for news if they’ve got to publish stories like that (= they must have very little real news).They were too poor to buy shoes for the kids. 他们穷得没钱给孩子买鞋穿。 socially disadvantaged sections of the community该社区社会地位低下的贫困阶层 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。 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。 poor/needy children/families贫困的孩子／家庭 They were too needy to buy shoes for the kids.He died penniless in Paris.他死于巴黎，死时身无分文。 I was always hard up as a student.我当学生时总是很拮据。 |