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

• 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。
• 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。
• Beijing already extends financial assistance to the most cash-strapped local governments.
  中央政府已扩大了对现金最为拮据的地方政府的财政支持。
• 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。
• 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。
• But how can cash-strapped hospitals afford it?
  但是缺乏经费的医院负担得起吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。