shortchanged

shortchanged

美 [???rt?t?e?nd?] 　英 [????(r)t?t?e?nd?]

• v.少找零錢
• 網絡欺騙；偷工減料；少找錢

詞形變化

第三人稱單數：shortchanges  現在分詞：shortchanging  過去式：shortchanged  

英漢解釋

v.

1. 少找零錢

英英解釋

v.	1. to treat someone or something in an unfair way by not giving them enough of the praise, opportunities, attention, etc. that they need or deserve 2. if you shortchange someone who is paying for something, you do not give them back enough money when they have paid more than the price of the thing

例句

But even though the U. S. is a mature, developed country, many economists believe it has shortchanged infrastructure investment for decades.

但是即使美國是一個成熟的發達國家，許多經濟學家相信美國幾十年來還缺少基礎建設投資。

But, in other ways, both sides have shortchanged one of Lincoln's most important ideals: that of self-help and upward mobility.

但另一方面，兩黨在林肯最重要的理想上短斤缺兩：自力更生以及自強不息。

Anybody was cheated and shortchanged by me, it was the women, the girls, the very recipients of my uncensored emotions.

大家都被我騙了，女人們，女孩們，那些接受我失控的情緒的人們

People of African or Asian ancestry buying a DNA scan "are getting shortchanged, " he said.

他稱，非洲或亞洲人購買DNA掃描記錄就是“在搞欺騙”。

Suffice to ask: Have we shortchanged ourselves?

我們只需要問：我們是否被蒙騙了？

"His role has been shortchanged in Ponzi accounts going back to the 1920s, " she said.

“回頭看20年代，他在龐奇案中的角色被縮減了，”她說。

Mondale borrowed the line from a hamburger commercial that had used the phrase to suggest that competing products shortchanged the consumer.

這句話是蒙代爾借用了一則漢堡包的廣告詞，這句廣告詞暗示說，那些與之競爭的產品偷工減料，欺騙了消費者。

History is not an area that requires testing under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, so it often gets shortchanged, teachers said.

歷史不是一個要求這個聯邦考試時不讓一個孩子掉隊的科目，所以它一直沒有受到足夠的重視，老師們說。

Some experts worry that, to cut costs, expensive quality-control systems are being shortchanged .

一些專家擔心為了降低成本，花費昂貴的質量控制體系可能會被削減。

Unless the yuan takes off, investors may be left feeling shortchanged.

除非人民幣升值，否則投資者可能會覺得受到了欺騙。

I always felt a little shortchanged by that.

我總是覺得有點受騙了。

And when it takes the nectar, the flowers don't feel shortchanged.

同時當它得到花蜜，花并不會感到不公。

With the help of almighty God, we will not be shortchanged .

藉全能的神幫助，我們不會失算的！

Many believe that other countries, such as Iran, have similarly shortchanged investment to bolster popular support.

市場普遍認為，其他國家，如伊朗，已以投資的缺斤少兩來支撐大致需要。

He sold his shares in June 1983 and later lost a lawsuit claiming he'd been shortchanged.

比爾科赫于1983年出售了其股份，后因被欺騙而在一場官司中敗訴。

The cashier shortchanged me.

出納員少找我錢了。

I was shortchanged 10 dollars to pay.

我被騙多付了十美元。