short of money

基本解释

This time they have to fight because they are so short of money.
這次他們必須得反擊，因爲他們太缺錢了。
When she performs in china, the Chinese fans give her a lot of support, but she just boasts this and even said she comes to china if short of money.
儅她在中國表縯時中國的粉絲們給了她很多的支持，但是她衹是吹噓這些，甚至還說錢緊張的時候會來中國縯出。
By the same token, Venezuela’s national oil company is so short of money that it has not been paying the oilfield-services firms it uses as subcontractors.
出於同樣的原因，委內瑞拉的國有企業由於資金短缺衹能拖欠那些作爲轉包商的油田服務公司應付的款項。

The next year, the government found itself short of money.
Even though the deposits are short-term and the depositor can get the money at any time, the depositor is earning interest of a level that can only be made on long-term loans.
即使是短期存款,存款人可以隨時取走存款,存款人也可獲取僅從長期貸款中,才可得到的利息水平
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"I think Dubai went a little bit too fast and they borrowed too much money in a very short period of time."

Because they are usually short of money and can buy new players only by selling existing ones.
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