1.用皮带捆住的,勒有皮带的;用皮带装饰的
2.〈美俚〉资金短少的,身无分文的
1.“strap”的过去式和过去分词
1.needing money
1.The past tense and past participle of strap
1.I'd love to go for dinner with you guys, but I'm a bit strapped for cash.
我很想和你们一起吃晚餐，可是我有点缺钱。
2.I'd love to go to dinner with you guys, but I'm a bit strapped for cash.
我很想和你们一起吃晚餐，可是我手头有点紧。
3.A rosy view, perhaps, but as governments find themselves increasingly strapped for cash, intelligent giving can only grow more important.
这或许是一种乐观的意见；但理智的慈善捐助观念在政府财政越发拮据之时，其重要性将有增无减。
4.I knew he was strapped for cash, but so was the state, and I couldn't justify the expense.
我知道他极需要现金，州政府同样如此，而且我无法证明这项开支的正当性。
5.Washington contributes nearly a quarter of UNESCO's annual budget, and its funding freeze has left the agency strapped for cash.
华盛顿提供近四分之一的联合国教科文组织的年度预算，由于已经冻结资金，该组织将过上拮据的日子。
6.During the Great Depression, hundreds of communities as strapped for cash as California is today circulated their own temporary currencies.
在美国经济大萧条时期，成百上千的社区也像今天的加州政府一样缺少现金，因此它们开始印发流通自己的临时性货币。
7.Being strapped for cash might crimp my style, but I hope my spending-ability increases over the summer.
缺乏金钱或许会影响到我的流行服饰，但是我希望今年夏天过后，我的支付能力能够增加。
8.Here is a state so strapped for cash that it recently resorted to paying its workers with IOUs rather than money.
资金极其拮据的加州，近来竟然以白条——而不是现金——支付员工的薪水。
9.Whether you're strapped for cash or feeling comfortable, we could all stand to make a few tweaks to our personal budgets.
无论你是为钱所困还是为情所扰，我们都可以给你的个人预算提几条锦囊妙计。
10.He does not control Congress, and is strapped for cash. But he has plenty of time to prepare for the 2013 election.
总统离绝对权利仍然很远，他没有控制国会，又在资金方面遇到问题，但他有足够多的时间来准备2013年的大选。