hard-pressed中文什么意思

adj. 被紧紧催逼的；被紧迫追赶的

• be hard pressed:    被紧紧追赶
• hard pressed:    经济困难的; 经济拮据; 师资匮乏的
• be hard pressed for money:    缺少足够的钱, 手头拮据

例句与用法

1. a shower of exhortations fell upon the hard-pressed troops .
   如今军队既然遭到了步步进逼，雪片般的激励和告诫便纷至沓来。
2. they urged reduced utility rates for hard-pressed residential users .
   他们强烈要求对经济困难的居民用户降低电力煤气价格。
3. like many hard-pressed city school systems, new york's was not equipped to handle students who did not fit the white .
   纽约市的中学和许多财政拮据、师资匮乏的城市中学一样，没有条件来培养非白种人。