1.
I'm in a hole just at present.
我就是此刻手头拮据。
2.
be hard pressed/pushed for money
缺少足够的钱，手头拮据
3.
be hard pressed for money
缺少足够的钱, 手头拮据
4.
She was a fairy godmother to her poorer friends.
她经常接济那些手头拮据的朋友。
5.
That swimmer is in low water.
那个游泳运动员手头拮据
6.
He is pinched for money.
他为缺钱而苦恼 [手头拮据] 。
7.
We felt the pinch after Father lost his job.
父亲失业之后,我们感到手头拮据了。
8.
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。
9.
He was short of money and rebelling against social and academic standards.
他手头拮据并反对当时的社会和学术准则。
10.
He was both out of pocket and out of spirits by that catastrophe.
经过这次灾难，他手头拮据，总是无精打彩的。
11.
His company is facing bankruptcy and he has three kids to raise! He's starting to feel the pinch.
他的公司面临破产，而且还有三个孩子要养 。他开始感到手头拮据。
12.
We had little money. But it was the year for Papa to buy a new cowboy hat. Mama knew this.
我们手头拮据，可又到了给爸爸买顶新牛仔帽的时候，这个妈妈知道。
13.
"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。
14.
You'll Be in Queer Street unless you're more careful with money.
你花钱得多注意，不然的话，你就会感到手头拮据了。
15.
They lived on credit, But were Beginning to feel the shortage of cash.
他们是靠赊账过日子的，开始感到手头拮据，缺现钱用。
16.
Gill is so hard up trying to bring up two children on her own that she hasn't got a decent winter's coat to her name.
吉尔竭力想自己把两个孩子拉扯大而手头拮据，她甚至没有像样的过冬大衣。
17.
Therefore, first I asked him if his circumstances admitted him to spare so much money at that time, and if it would not straiten him.
于是我首先问他，以他目前的情况，能不能拿出这么多的钱，拿出来会不会使他手头拮据。
18.
His father returned with little money from the United States and moved the young Trollope to a new school for his last year of study.
他父亲从美国回国时手头拮据，把少年特罗洛普转入另一所学校以完成最后一年的学业。