shortchanging

shortchanging

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• 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

I refuse to "do it all. " That would be shortchanging my family and myself.

我拒絕“都做完”的方式，那會縮減我自己和家人的時間。

If time must be cut from a project, try to avoid shortchanging any of these.

如果非要在錄音流程上擠時間，盡量去避免更改它們。

Just in terms of career preparation, therefore, a student is shortchanging himself by short cutting the humanities.

所以，僅從為就業作準備而言，學生抄近路不學文科實在是在欺騙自己。

Shortchanging that break can be a recipe for insomnia.

這樣的休息可以作為治療失眠的藥方。

But, I feel I am shortchanging both society and myself by staying in the closet.

然而，藏身衣柜使我感覺我既在欺瞞社會，也在蒙騙自己。

If not, if you pay them last . . . you'll often end up shortchanging them.

如果你不遵循這條原則，如果你把這兩個操作放在最后…你最后通常會偷工減料。

So while you may not want to date online forever, you're shortchanging yourself if you act as if you have only 30 days to find a husband.

所以，即便你是不想永遠進行網上約會，可如果你的行動看上去只有三十天來找到一位丈夫，那么你就是自己對自己”短斤少兩“。