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

• But how can cash-strapped hospitals afford it?
  但是缺乏经费的医院负担得起吗？
• 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。
• There are income limits to qualify for Medicaid, and cash-strapped states are limiting coverage.
  收入限制了医疗补助的资格，现金拮据的州都限制覆盖范围。
• But bankers think this will be difficult, as several cash-strapped international banks have begun to sell down holdings in Chinese banks.
  但银行家们认为，随着几家现金匮乏的国际性银行开始出售它们在中国一些银行里的持股，农行将难以找到外国战略投资者。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Trust loans have financed cash-strapped developers.
  信托贷款为手头拮据的开发商提供了资金。
• The biodiesel reduces air pollution and helps cash-strapped Amtrak save on fuel.
  生物柴油降低了空气污染，且有助于资金缺乏的美铁在燃料上节省开支。