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

• Cash-strapped GM said it will delay reimbursing its dealers for rebates and other sales incentives and could run out of cash by year's end without government aid.
  现金紧张的通用说，如果没有政府的援助，即使它将延期偿还经销商折扣和其它销售激励，到年终也会用光现金。
• Like a cash-strapped household, which has pawned all its jewellery, these banks have already pledged away their valuable assets, he claims.
  他表示，正如已典当了全部首饰之后仍然手头拮据的家庭一样，这些银行已把所有值钱的资产都抵押出去了。
• 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。
• Soaring health-insurance premiums depress wages and prompt cash-strapped firms to stop covering their staff.
  不断上涨的医疗保险金压低了薪水，迫使资金紧缺的公司纷纷停付。
• Global sales of gold jewellery last year plunged to a two-decade low as high prices and the economic crisis drove away cash-strapped consumers from the market.
  全球黄金首饰销量去年跌至20年来的最低水平，高昂的价格和经济危机将现金拮据的消费者赶出了市场。
• 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。
• The Independent investigated some of the most innovative and useful ideas for cash-strapped filmmakers to survive through difficult times.
  独立制片人调查了一些有益的想法，对于现金短缺的最具创新性和生存渡过难关。
• 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。
• 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。
• Cash-strapped consumers in depreciating houses might respond more forcefully to tax cuts than lower interest rates.
  由于房子贬值而变穷的消费者对减税政策的反应可能比降息更强烈。