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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Smaller packages are a tried-and-true formula by consumer-goods companies to generate higher profits from cash-strapped consumers.
  推出小包装产品是消费品公司从囊中羞涩的消费者获得更高利润的一个可靠方法。
• 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。
• That's especially in a cash-strapped city, where people have been furloughed or even lost jobs.
  特别是对于一个财政紧张的城市，许多人正处于休假甚至失业之中。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Other retailers are also preparing to slash the prices of players to lure cash-strapped consumers into their stores.
  其它零售商也准备大幅降低播放器价格，以吸引手头拮据的消费者来店。