cash-strapped

adj.

1. 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

1. ADJ 手头紧的;资金短缺的
   If a person or organization is cash-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。

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。
2. Anyway, the cash-strapped young people could be an economic burden to their parents.
   但是囊中羞涩的年轻人会成为父母亲的经济负担。
3. As with most service providers, self-service features are a growing trend& particularly with cash-strapped ISPs.
   对于大多数服务提供商来说，自助服务正在发展为一种趋势&特别是那些资金紧张的ISP。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. But how can cash-strapped hospitals afford it?
   但是缺乏经费的医院负担得起吗？
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. 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。
20. 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。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. 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。
25. 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。
26. 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。
27. 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。
28. 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。