cash-strapped

英 [ˈkæʃ stræpt]

美 [ˈkæʃ stræpt]

adj.  资金短缺的

牛津词典

adj.

• 资金短缺的
  without enough money
  1. cash-strapped governments/shoppers
     缺资金的政府；缺钱的购物者

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 手头紧的;资金短缺的
  If a person or organization iscash-strapped, they do not have enough money to buy or pay for the things they want or need.
  1. Union leaders say the wage package is the best they believe the cash-strapped government will offer.
     工会领导人说，财政困难的政府能答应的充其量是一揽子工资方案。

双语例句

• The US expansion should focus on infrastructure and transfers to cash-strapped state governments, nottax cuts.
  美国扩张政策的重点应是基础设施和面向现金拮据的州政府的转移支付，而不是减税。
• In the western world, cash-strapped politicians are eager to raise taxes on the newly unpopular rich.
  而在西方国家，资金紧缺的政客们则急于对近来变得不受欢迎的富人阶层增税。
• Moreover, not all cash-strapped parents are bad at raising children.
  而且，并不是所有的贫困家长都不善于抚养孩子。
• And it's true that state and local governments, hit hard by the recession, are cash-strapped.
  真实情况是，州政府及地方政府深受经济不景气的打击，深陷现金短缺危机之中。
• But how can cash-strapped hospitals afford it?
  但是缺乏经费的医院负担得起吗？
• Cash-strapped advertisers cut the fees they pay their advertising firms, and tens of thousands of ad jobs were lost.
  资金紧张的广告商减少了对广告公司的付费，广告业削减了数万个工作岗位。
• The still risk-averse Japanese banks generally prefer to buy assets from or lend to the more cash-strapped European banks rather than making new loans in the region.
  避险情绪依然浓厚的日本银行，普遍更愿意从现金更为拮据的欧洲银行手中购买资产或向它们提供贷款，而不是在亚洲发放新的贷款。
• Moreover, cash-strapped investors are pressing private equity groups to refrain from calling in commitments to fund new deals.
  此外，资金拮据的投资者还在向私人股本集团施加压力，要求它们不要征调承诺资金来为新的交易融资。
• Anyway, the cash-strapped young people could be an economic burden to their parents.
  但是囊中羞涩的年轻人会成为父母亲的经济负担。
• Increased unemployment benefits have the largest multiplier effects cash-strapped families spend every cent given and meet vital social needs.
  提高失业福利有着最大的乘数效应那些手头拮据的家庭会花掉给他们的每个子儿，同时，也满足了至关重要的社会需求。