拮据

He was a writer living in straitened circumstances.

他一个生活拮据作家。

He was ever a little beforehand and never lived precariously.

他一向稍多于开支, 而从未过拮据生活。

They are always pinched for money.

他们总手头拮据。

I am quite badly off recently.

最近我经济上很拮据。