stretched thin

stretched thin 基本解释

捉襟见肘同时做太多事情无法忍受的

stretched thin 用法和例句

1、Oil supplies are stretched thin as climate cooling drives up demand.

由于气候寒冷化推动需求, 石油供应快到极限了。

2、These resources were already stretched thin by the new reality of financial austerity.

这些资源在财政紧缩的新现实面前已经捉襟见肘。

重点词汇

stretched a. 拉伸的, 伸展了的

thin adj. 薄的；瘦的；稀少的；细的 vt. 使瘦；使淡；使稀疏 vi. 变薄；变瘦；变淡 adv. 稀疏地，微弱地