单词caught-short
网络: 穷人甚至会手头紧缺；手头上刚好比较紧；钱渐渐不够用
It was a classic sign that the market was washed out, proof positive that traders were caught short and scrambling to cover.
这是一个典型的迹象，表明前期市场处于超卖状态，现在交易员头寸不足，正忙着补仓。
Marty : Sorry, I"ve got to get to the bathroom. I"ve been caught short. Catch you later.
马丁：对不起，我需要去洗手间。我尿急，待会找你。
Eg. Joe was caught short of clothes when he had to go in a trip.
乔要去旅行时，衣服不够穿了。
Eg. Will it be all right if I pay you next week? I"m rather caught short.
我下星期付钱给你行吗？我手头缺钱。
Retail chains are scrambling for alternative supplies elsewhere in Asia to avoid being caught short-handed.
零售连锁店正在从亚洲其它地区匆忙抢购替代货源，以避免库存短缺。
Eg. Mrs Hobbs was caught short when the newspaper boy came for his money a day early.
报童提早一天来收报费，霍布斯太太的钱不够交付。
It can be difficult to earn enough money for a family to survive. Sometimes, poor people even get caught short.
穷人手头缺钱，对这样的家庭来说挣足够的前来生存很困难。
If the hospital was caught short-handed because it hired too few nurses to staff the X- ray room , management relied on insufficient data .
如果医院因透视室雇佣护士太少而造成人手紧张，那就说明人事调度工作的有关信息是不健全的。
You can turn to Zhang when you are caught short. He would give you the shirt off his back.
缺钱花时你可以去找老张，他会解囊相助的。
I hope so. But I"m always caught short.
我希望是如此，但是我总是搞得紧巴巴的。