be up a stump
基本解释
- 惶恐无措
英汉例句
- There had been fears that hedge funds would be less willing than banks to stump up rescue money in a crisis.
曾有担忧比起银行对冲基金更不情愿付款去挽救陷入困境的资金。 - Moreover, it would be difficult to get politicians to stump up cash to contribute to the bail-out of a bank that is based in another country.
此外，很难指望政客会掏腰包援助非本国银行。 - The Foster tower, originally conceived as 79 storeys and 390 metres (1, 270 feet) high, topped by four gleaming diamonds, would be reduced to what the paper calls "a glorified, prettied-up stump".
最初设定的最顶端是4个闪亮的菱形的福斯特塔楼高79层390米，将被报纸上所谓的“化妆的树桩”替代。 - There had been fears that hedge funds would be less willing than banks to stump up rescue money in a crisis.
ECONOMIST: Buttonwood: Spread too thinly The - Moreover, it would be difficult to get politicians to stump up cash to contribute to the bail-out of a bank that is based in another country.
ECONOMIST: Dealing with bad banks