商务英语：今日热词——现金紧张的
《财富》（中文版）
2011年09月01日
EXAMPLE: The cash-strapped new company struggled every month to pay its basic expenses.
这家现金紧张的新公司连每月的基本开支都难以应付。
这家现金紧张的新公司连每月的基本开支都难以应付。
今日单词：
| 单词 | gaffe |
| 中文释义 |
差错（名词） |
| 英文释义 |
(noun) A mistake in speaking or social behavior; a clumsy social act (NOTE: origin of this word is FRENCH "hook" in the sense of something that causes a person to fall down). |
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例句 |
EXAMPLE: When our best salesman mispronounced our own company's name during his big speech at his birthday party, we were surprised by his little gaffe but we smiled and ignored it. 公司最好的销售员在他的生日聚会上讲话时念错了公司的名字，我们对他的失误感到惊讶，但还是一笑了之。 |
今日短语：
| 短语 | cash-strapped |
| 中文释义 |
现金紧张的 |
| 英文释义 |
Having very little money available for spending (NOTE: "to be strapped" means to be limited in action because one has no money). |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE: The cash-strapped new company struggled every month to pay its basic expenses. 这家现金紧张的新公司连每月的基本开支都难以应付。 |
