拮据

I hate feeling fenced in by lack of money.

我讨厌手头拮据的境遇.

He was ever a little beforehand and never lived precariously.

他的收入一向稍多于开支,而从未过拮据的生活.

The Sullivans continued to have financial troubles.

沙利文一家依然手头拮据。

Whenever I'm hard up for money, he will empty his purse to help me.

每当我手头拮据的时候, 他总是倾囊相助.

At that time we were pressed for money.

那时我们手头拮据.

Her parents were very hard up.

她的父母手头很拮据。

The family of eight was living in straitened circumstances .

八口之家日子过得很拮据。

" The address, too,'she added to herself. " They must be hard up. "

“ 这个地址也很说明问题, " 她又对自己说, " 他们一定是手头拮据了.

She's been struggling financially for years.

她多年来一直生活拮据。

Even willing innovators may be faced with capital constraints.

甚至自愿的革新者也可能面临着资本拮据的困难.

I am quite badly off recently.

最近我经济上很拮据.

Consumers are spending less and traders are feeling the pinch.

消费者支出在减少，商人感觉手头拮据。

They are always pinched for money.

他们总是手头拮据.

We lived on the breadline to get our son through college.

为了供儿子读完大学，我们生活非常拮据。

That has left him temporarily short.

这使他暂时手头拮据.