缺钱 be straitened for money be hard up stand in need of money short of cash be pressed for money 手头缺钱 hard up 我缺钱. I have run short of money. 我现在缺钱. I'm short of cash at the moment. 我这星期手头不宽裕(缺钱). I'm a bit short(ie of money)this week 缺钱用令他万分苦恼. The lack of money weighed on him. 我们现在很缺钱. We're rather short of the needful now 他们由于缺钱而不能去度假. They were prevented from going on holiday by their lack of money