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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• Eg. there are few investors ready to swoop in to keep cash-strapped companies running.
  很少有投资者愿意保持一个现金拮据的企业运行。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The still risk-averse Japanese banks generally prefer to buy assets from or lend to the more cash-strapped European banks rather than making new loans in the region.
  避险情绪依然浓厚的日本银行，普遍更愿意从现金更为拮据的欧洲银行手中购买资产或向它们提供贷款，而不是在亚洲发放新的贷款。