第一，迷你對話

A：Did you buy the dictionary?

你買了這本字典了嗎？

B: No. I didn't.

沒有，我沒買。

A: Why?

為什么？

B: Because I happened not to have enough money in hand at that time.

因為那時我手頭上碰巧沒有那么多錢。

第二，詞海拾貝

in hand：在手頭

e.g. He said he will make the delivery when he has the cash in hand.

他說他手頭有現金就會發貨。

e.g. I've got all of those things in hand, so we don't have to go to the store.

我手頭上已經這那些東西，所以不必去商店了。

第三，視野拓展

in hand：在進行中

e.g.His argument is beside the subject in hand.

他的議論離開了討論的問題。

Please stick to the matter in hand—we really don't have time to go off on tangents.

請把手頭的事堅持下去，我們實在沒有時間跑題。