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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I'm afraid I was short-changed. Could you look into it?
  恐怕你少找我零钱了。你可以查一下吗？
• 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。
• The cashier made a mistake and short-changed him.
  收银员弄错了，少找了他钱。
• Dollar Thrifty shareholders felt they were being short-changed and that anti-trust concerns was just as much, if not more, of an issue with Hertz as it was with Avis.
  但最后，DollarThrifty股东感觉自己吃了亏，而且与安飞士一样，赫兹也得面对同样的反垄断问题。
• 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。
• We have been short-changed by the government.
  我们被政府骗了。
• Our children have been short-changed by the education system.
  我们的孩子被教育体制骗了。