拮据的英文：
short of cash

参考例句：

Be financially crippled
财政拮据

Gary is hard up.
加里手头拮据

the sharecropper's hardscrabble life.
佃农拮据的生活

He's going to be a bit pushed for money.
他手头将会有点拮据。

The decline in sales embarrassed the company.
销售业绩的下滑使公司拮据。

be hard pressed for money
缺少足够的钱, 手头拮据

a bare livelihood; a scanty harvest; a spare diet.
拮据的生活；不充足的收获；节俭的饮食。

We felt the pinch after Father lost his job.
父亲失业之后,我们感到手头拮据了。

Financial embarrassment made her sell her house.
财政拮据逼得她卖掉她自己的房子。

She was a fairy godmother to her poorer friends.
她经常接济那些手头拮据的朋友。

short是什么意思：
adj. 短的，矮的，低的；短暂的，短期的；短缺的；缩写的；简慢无礼的；暴躁的
adv. 突然，唐突地；不足
n. 短裤；短路；缺乏

short cataloging
简化编目

The trouble be that we be short of hand.
困难是我们缺少人手。

The horse stopped short at the fence.
马跑到篱笆处突然停了下来。

Short skirts are out of fashion.
短裙不流行了。

We are short of these types at present.
现在我们短缺这些铅字。

cash是什么意思：
n. 现金；资金，钱
v. 将…兑现；支付现款
adj. 现金的

The cash ratio expresses the relationship of cash and cash equivalents to the current liabilities.
现金比率表达了现金和现金等价物与流动负债之间的关系。

cash a check;cash in one's gambling chips.
兑换支票；把筹码兑换成现金

The UN is facing a cash crunch.
联合国面临着经济收缩问题。

cash surrender value
退保现金值,退保金

Do you have enough cash?
你的现金够吗？