| 单词 | 捉襟见肘 |
| 例句 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔ENOUGH/NOT ENOUGH〕The army's supply lines in the area along the southern border were stretched dangerously thin. 部队在南部边境地区的补给线已经捉襟见肘，岌岌可危。朗文写作活用〔PROBLEM〕A lot of people are having a hard time making ends meet. 许多人生活捉襟见肘。朗文写作活用〔elbow〕Lacking money.捉襟见肘：缺少资金的美国传统〔hard-pressed〕Because of shortages, the emergency services were hard-pressed to deal with the accident.由于缺乏人手和设备，紧急救援服务部门处理这起事故时显得捉襟见肘。剑桥高阶〔income〕She was living on a small, fixed income and having trouble paying her bills.她靠一份微薄的固定收入生活，开支捉襟见肘。牛津搭配〔means〕The more gifts she received, the more she craved, until he was living beyond his means.得到的礼物越多，她的胃口就越大，直到他捉襟见肘为止。柯林斯高阶〔overextended〕The overworked, overextended parent may be seen as unloving, but may simply be exhausted.工作压身、精力上捉襟见肘的家长可能会被视作对孩子缺乏关爱，但他们也许只是太疲惫了。柯林斯高阶〔pinched〕The town's a little pinched for money.这个城镇财政上有些捉襟见肘。外研社新世纪〔squeeze〕Small businesses are being squeezed by heavy taxation.重税使小企业在财务上捉襟见肘。剑桥高阶〔straitjacket〕The election campaign was straitjacketed by lack of funds.竞选运动因经费不足而捉襟见肘。英汉大词典〔stretch〕Public expenditure was being stretched to the limit by having to support 3 million unemployed people.要救助300万失业者, 公共支出快要捉襟见肘了。外研社新世纪〔struggle〕I was unemployed and struggling financially.我失业了，经济上捉襟见肘。牛津搭配The country's coal reserves/supplies were rapidly depleted when the miners were on strike.煤矿工人罢工时，国家的煤炭储备/供应很快捉襟见肘了。剑桥国际The sale of the entertainment division would clear the company's stretched balance sheet.出售娱乐部门将使公司捉襟见肘的资产负债表变得一身轻松。牛津商务 |
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