Not having the money it needs to run properly. Think of an organisation as a body: money is its food, and this one is not being fed.

Not having缺乏 the money it needs to run properly讓它能夠正常運作所需要的資金。Think of an organisation as a body把一個機構想成一個身體：money is its food金錢就是它的食物，and this one is not being fed而這個身體現在沒有被餵食。

The word is nearly always used about things, not people — a cash-starved hospital, a cash-starved school, a cash-starved airline.

The word這個詞 is nearly always used about things, not people幾乎都用在事物上，不是人身上——a cash-starved hospital一間cash-starved資金匱乏的醫院，a cash-starved school一間cash-starved資金匱乏的學校，a cash-starved airline一家cash-starved資金匱乏的航空公司。

You see it most in newspapers, where it does quiet political work: "starved" suggests somebody else did the starving, that the money was cut off rather than simply lost. A cash-starved public library is usually one the government stopped funding.

You see it most in newspapers你最常在報紙上看到這個詞，where it does quiet political work在那裡它悄悄帶著政治意味："starved"「starved斷炊」 suggests somebody else did the starving暗示是別人讓它斷炊的，that the money was cut off rather than simply lost意思是錢是被切斷的，而不是單純不見了。A cash-starved public library一間cash-starved資金匱乏的公立圖書館 is usually one通常就是那種 the government stopped funding政府已經停止撥款的。

It goes in front of a noun almost every time. It is close to cash-strapped, but stronger and sadder — cash-strapped is being short this month, cash-starved is going hungry year after year, with services shrinking because of it.

It它 goes in front of a noun almost every time幾乎每次都放在名詞前面。It它 is close to cash-strapped跟cash-strapped很接近，but stronger and sadder但語氣更強烈、更讓人心酸——cash-strapped is being short this monthcash-strapped是這個月手頭緊，cash-starved is going hungry year after yearcash-starved則是年復一年地在挨餓，with services shrinking because of it服務也因此逐漸萎縮。