" He must be hard up for a sweetheart, " declared Marguerite.

“是为了个心上人而手头拮据，”玛格丽特宣称。

Or you could say, she can't afford to buy a new car because she's hard up for money right now.

或者你可以说， 她买不新车，因为她现在缺钱。

There are degrees in being hard up. We are all hard up, more or less—most of us more. Some are hard up for a thousand pounds; some for a shilling. Just at this moment I am hard up myself for a fiver.

困难是有程度。我们或多或少都手足无措——我们多数人更甚。有些人为了千英镑而苦不堪言；有些为了先令。就在这刻，我为个五元钱而苦恼。