• 缺钱

shortadj.短的；矮的；短期的；短缺的；简略的；粗暴无礼的；[语]短音的adv.缺少；未达到；半中间(打断)；过早地(终止)n.<英口>烈酒；电影短片；[电]短路v.(使)短路short lob短扑杀

1. He would have helped us but that he was short of money at the time.
   要不是他那时候没有钱，他会帮助我们的。
2. She wanted to be paid in a lump, but I was short of money and had to give her a little and promise that I would pay the rest later.
   她要求一次全部付清，但我手头缺钱，只得付给她一小部分并保证以后付给她其余的部分。
3. If you knew she was short of money you should have lent her some.
   如果你知道她缺钱，你应该借给她一些。
4. Being short of money, I made a virtue of necessity and gave up smoking.
   我因缺钱，倒也乐得把烟戒了。