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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。