音标: 英 [ˈʃu:strɪŋ] 美 [ˈʃuˌstrɪŋ]
1. Right now we're operating on a shoestring budget.
目前我们的运作预算非常不足
2. We continue to limp on existing on a shoestring, everything against us.
我们继续在勉强维系 虽然机会渺茫 还是抓着一线生机
3. Also, he was running a team staffed by Italians, on a shoestring.
同时 他只花很少的钱雇佣意大利人 来运作这支车队
4. The wall we've hit is a consequence of attempting nextgeneration research on a shoestring budget.
我们遇到的瓶颈是因为 这一跨时代的研究缺少资金
5. So far, everything that I've shown you was essentially done on a shoestring budget, with lots of private money going in there and very, very little funding from any government sources.
到目前为止 我给你展示的这些 都是在实验经费十分紧张的情况下完成的 其中倾入了很多私人的资金 而来自政府方面的资助很少