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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Except it seems to me it's a further fact about human psychology that we care more about being short-changed than we do about being, as we might put it, overcompensated.
  只不过对我来说，它似乎是更进一步的人类心理学，即我们对于别人少找钱会更在意，而不会在意，过度补偿。
• 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。
• I can't say that boys are more short-changed.
  我看男生并没有更受到忽视。
• 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。
• Of course it is tiresome to be short-changed and muddled together with visiting crowds, but I am optimistic.
  当然，小贩们少找零钱、与游客人群挤在一堆，有些令人生厌，但我还是非常乐观。
• As for being short-changed, I doubt that you personally paid for your nursery education.
  至于投入和回报不成比例，我不相信是你自己支付的幼儿园教育费用。
• The cashier made a mistake and short-changed him.
  收银员弄错了，少找了他钱。