拮据

The vote was connected to political in-fighting before presidential elections due next month and may jeopardise the cash-strapped country's relations with the IMF.

这次投票与下个月即将进行的大选前的政治混战有关，并且可能危及现金拮据的政府与国际货币基金组织之间的关系。

A business consultant who specializes in the medical trade was telling me how many doctors, dentists and chiropractors struggle financially.

美元以上。一位精通药品贸易的商务顾问曾经告诉我，有许多医生、牙医和按摩师生活拮据。

And straitened economic circumstances now could present new business opportunities to gangsters of all types. Annual statistics published on July 16th gave a glimpse of how the recession may influence crime: burglary was stable but pickpocketing had risen by a quarter and credit-card fraud was up.

并且，如今拮据的经济环境会给所有类型的歹徒提供新的商机。7月16日公布的年度数据让人们稍略一睹经济衰退可能会如何影响犯罪：入室行窃率基本保持不变，但是扒手偷窃率上涨了四分之一，同时，信用卡诈骗率上升。

After a brief stint in London, George Balanchine moved to America in 1933, where he founded American ballet, and became perhaps the most inventive choreographer of the 20th century.

在伦敦经历了短暂的拮据之后，乔治·巴兰奇瓦泽在1933年来到美国。正是在美国的时候，他首创了美式芭蕾舞，很可能因此成为20世纪最有创作才能的舞蹈家。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。