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 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。
• Cash-strapped customers need machines for collateral to secure loans just to stay afloat.
  现金拮据的客户需要拿到机器，以便将其用作抵押品来申请贷款，而他们的目的仅仅是为了维持企业运转。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。