迷你對話：

A:Sam, we are hard up for the everyday expenses. When can you find a job.

Sam，我們已經(jīng)窮得揭不開鍋了。你什么時(shí)候才能找到工作呀？

B:I'm looking for it, but you see, the market ishard upfor jobs, too.

我正在找呀，可是你瞧，根本就沒有哪里要人。

A:You liar, I saw you again in the inn. I bet you don't want to work at all.

你這個(gè)騙子，我看見你又進(jìn)酒館了。你根本就不想工作。

詞海拾貝：

1.hard up：一貧如洗

講解：該習(xí)語在口語中是“奇缺”，尤其是指“缺錢”。如果缺的是“錢以外”的東西，一般用hard up for。

支持范例：

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

自從失業(yè)后，我的手頭很緊。

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

有時(shí)他們窮得實(shí)在過不下去了，只好賣掉些東西。

Eg.My parents were hard up during the 1930s but now they are well-off.

在三十年代，我的雙親經(jīng)濟(jì)拮據(jù),但現(xiàn)在他們很富有。

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

你如果缺錢，我可以借貸一些錢給你。

2.hard up for：缺乏，缺少

Eg.She's hard up for ideas.

她想不出主意。

Eg.The company is hard up for new ideas.

這家公司缺乏新的構(gòu)想。

Eg.The country is hard up for technicians and doctors.

鄉(xiāng)村急需技術(shù)人員和醫(yī)生。

3.in the inn：在酒館里

4.not at all：一點(diǎn)也不，根本不

Eg.It's not at all certain.

那根本不能肯定。

Eg.It's not at all that bad.

這根本沒有那么壞。

Eg.He is not at all alive to the danger he is in.

他完全沒有意識(shí)到他處境的危險(xiǎn)。

5.I bet...我肯定

Eg.I bet you will have a bright future if you work hard.

如果你努力學(xué)習(xí)，我敢肯定你將會(huì)有一個(gè)美好的未來。

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