If there happenedto be both rich and poor people, as there happen to be both black and whiteones, then the advantages of the well-heeled might well spread in time to the hard-up.

如皋碰巧都是富人和穷人，正好像碰巧都是黑人和白人一样，那么富有的优越性则有可能及时传播到那些缺钱的那里。

He worked so hard up to the point that he forgot to eat lunch.

他工作非常努力，以至于忘记了吃午饭。

Yeah, it's a bit hard up there.

上面的确挺艰苦。

Andrew has worked hard up to now.

安德鲁一直努力工作到现在。

Hard up Informal In need; poor.

短缺在急需中；贫困

Hard up (informal)short of money

（非正式）没钱，手头紧

I'm frightfully hard up, you know.

我已经穷得叮当响了，知道吧？

He was rather hard up for a time.

他一度生活很窘。

I'm too hard up to buy fancy clothes.

我手头太紧，买不起漂亮的衣服。

The country is hard up for technicians and doctors.

那个乡村医生还在房子里喊吗？