short-changed
英 [ˌʃɔːt ˈtʃeɪndʒd]
美 [ˌʃɔːrt ˈtʃeɪndʒd]
v. 少找给(某人)零钱; 亏待; 克扣
short-change的过去式
双语例句
- Our children have been short-changed by the education system.
我们的孩子被教育体制骗了。 - Students at Judge Business School in Cambridge, England, where Mr Roberts is ceo-in-residence, must feel short-changed.
罗伯茨是英国剑桥大学(cambridge)judge管理学院的驻院首席执行官(ceo-in-residence),那里的学生一定感觉上了当。 - That's the second time I've been short-changed in that shop.
那家铺子少找钱给我已是第二次了。 - Women are in fact still being short-changed in the press.
实际上女性在新闻界仍然没有受到公平对待。 - Looking back at all the money invested in my more than 20 years of formal education, I feel short-changed by my income and quality of life.
回顾20多年来接受正式教育投入的资金,我感到自己没有从收入和生活质量中得到相应回报。 - But BofA shareholders are not the only ones potentially short-changed by the deal.
但是,美银股东还不是因为这宗交易而可能吃亏的唯一群体。 - We have been short-changed by the government.
我们被政府骗了。 - This, in turn, has short-changed investments in our own people, and contributed to record deficits.
这反过来减少了我们对自己国民的投资,并催生了破纪录的财政赤字。 - The only way the US can repay its vast borrowings is by debasing the dollar – a process in which China will inevitably be short-changed.
美国偿还其巨额债务的唯一的方法是把美元贬值,而这样中国肯定会吃亏。 - After a long battle with politicians, the internal revenue service appears be toughening its stance on international tax arbitrage that leaves taxpayers short-changed.
在与政界人士进行了旷日持久的斗争之后,美国国税局(irs)似乎正在强化对导致纳税人蒙受损失的跨境税收套利的立场。