1.
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。
2.
He is pinched for money.
他为缺钱而苦恼 [手头拮据] 。
3.
You must be very short of money.
你手头一定很拮据。
4.
I'm a bit hard up this week.
这星期我手头有点拮据。
5.
We were rather awkwardly fixed for money now.
现在我们手头很拮据。
6.
I'm in a hole just at present.
我就是此刻手头拮据。
7.
be hard pressed/pushed for money
缺少足够的钱，手头拮据
8.
be hard pressed for money
缺少足够的钱, 手头拮据
9.
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。
10.
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。
11.
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。
12.
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。
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.
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。
15.
She was a fairy godmother to her poorer friends.
她经常接济那些手头拮据的朋友。
16.
That swimmer is in low water.
那个游泳运动员手头拮据
17.
We're had pressed and reed money.
我们手头十分拮据，急需用钱。
18.
We felt the pinch after Father lost his job.
父亲失业之后,我们感到手头拮据了。