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　　Hard pressed

　　经济拮据

　　suffer from the lack of money, be plagued by debts

　　因缺钱而受苦；受债务之苦

　　They were so hard pressed that they couldn't even pay the grocery bill.

　　他们经济很拮据，甚至付不出杂货店的欠帐。