拮据

He was a writer living in straitened circumstances.

他是个生活拮据的作家。

They are always pinched for money.

他们总是手头拮据。

I am quite badly off recently.

最近我经济上很拮据。

He was ever a little beforehand and never lived precariously.

他的收支, 而从未过拮据的生活。