We had a hard time scraping up enough money for me to get down here.

Do stepparents usually have a hard time winning the confidence of their stepchildren?

继父母要赢得继子女的信赖是不是通常很困难？

Britain's stiff upper-lip is displayed to best advantage in hard times.

英国的坚定不移在艰难时期优势最为突出.

A high inflation rate imports hard times for consumers.

通货膨胀率高意味着消费者日子难过.

Poverty, high prices, and hard times froze the stony peninsula.

贫困 、 高昂的物价和艰难的岁月使这座荒凉的半岛毫无生气.

Those were hard times.

那些岁月是非常艰难的。

If anyone is to be dismissed when the company falls on hard times, it won't be Jack; he's dug himself in too well.

如果公司碰到困难时刻要裁员的话, 那是裁不到杰克头上来的. 他在公司里的地位是稳固的.

It wasn't easy scratching out a living in those hard times.

在那段艰难的日子里,糊口真不容易.

In writing about our hard times, we are apt to overuse the word " grim ".

在描写我们艰苦的日子的时候, 我们每每过多地使用 “ 严肃 ” 这个字眼.

More than once they had helped us through hard times.

他们不止一次帮助我们度过难关.

There is an old saying that in hard times public opinion turns to the left.

有一句老话说:在艰苦的时候,公众意见就左倾.

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

有时他们穷得实在过不下去了, 只好卖掉些东西.

When I was a kid, we were always hard up.

我小的时候, 家里总是很穷.

Now, by contrast, we're hard up against zero and have run out of monetary ammunition.

现在, 正好相反, 我们因这个零界而吃了太多苦头,而且,货币政策也弹尽粮绝了.

It happened at a time when I was hard up.

它发生在我缺钱的那一段.

These workers are always hard up for money several days before payday.

这些工人们在发薪日的前几天手头儿总是很紧.

As a college student, he is often hard up for money.

作为一名大学生, 他经常手头紧.

Whenever I'm hard up for money, he will empty his purse to help me.

每当我手头拮据的时候, 他总是倾囊相助.

The first touch current girlfriend's breast, found her nipple has been hard up.

第一次摸现任女友的胸脯, 发现她乳头已经硬了起来.

I was hard up for a new laptop.

我急需一台新的笔记本电脑.

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

你如果缺钱，我可以借些钱给你。