be caught short

基本解释

One necessary task is to assure emerging-market countries that they will not be caught out if they run short of liquidity.
一項必須做的事情是確保新興市場國家不會因缺乏流動資金而受到影響。
A German company has come up with the 1st pocket urinal that fits in a woman's handbag and can be used whenever she is caught short, the UK's Daily Mail reported Thursday.
據英國《每日郵報》3日報道，德國一家公司設計出一款便攜"口袋厠所"，能裝入女式手袋，隨時供女士使用。"
www.chinadaily.com.cn
The pound was already the strongest performer out of the G8 currencies, as investors who were caught short started to get nervous that growth might not be as weak as some were expecting.
英鎊是G8貨幣中表現最佳的一個，原因是被套牢的做空投資者開始變得緊張，擔心成長或沒有部分市場人士預期的那樣疲軟。
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