汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 吃紧
吃紧 (吃緊)
in short supply / dire / tense / critical / hard-pressed / important
①切中要害文中这一段写得最为吃紧|说了句吃紧的话。②重要;要紧这事吃紧,马虎不得。③军事、政治或金融市场等形势紧张前方吃紧|政局动荡,形势吃紧|灾情严重,市场吃紧。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

人们都知道银根吃紧

People know that money is tight.

第一个是财政吃紧导致的寅吃卯粮。

The first is that fiscal tightening will begin in earnest next year.

Watanabe先生认为Tepco开始在偷工减料,因为资金吃紧

Mr Watanabe believes Tepco is cutting corners because cash is tight.

战事这样吃紧,有没有可能让龚东宁单独进京?

The warfare becomes critical like this, having may let Gong does the east rather and alone go to the capital?

我的旅行预算很吃紧,所以不打算坐飞机,除非航空公司降低票价。

I have a tight budget for the trip, so I'm not going to fly unless the airlines lower ticket price.

棉价自今年3月供应吃紧时创下纪录以来,已大跌了54%。

Prices have plunged 54% since hitting a record in March, when supplies were tight.

当球队比赛吃紧的时候,这名球员能够利用他的经验来稳定军心。

Someone with enough experience to steady the team when the pressure rises.

由于可用空间吃紧和能源消耗攀升,许多公司已经开始合并和精简其计算基础设施。

As space gets tight and energy costs climb, many firms have begun consolidating and simplifying their computing infrastructure.

上任后五年内,公安警察已从307,000成员扩增至405,000成员,并在警力吃紧的160个城镇部署新近警察。

Over the next five years the security forces expanded from 307, 000 members to 405, 000, and police were deployed in 160 municipalities that lacked them.

1883年中国金融风潮是由厘税过重、钱庄自身机制不健全、中法战争吃紧等多种因素综合演变的结果。

The financial agitation of 1882-1883 was triggered by heavy taxes, ill management of the private banks and tightening finance caused by the war between China and France in 1884.