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
- I think I've been short-changed at the bar.
我觉得酒吧没给我找够零钱。 - 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'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? - 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 talks broke down on the US belief that it was being short-changed by the flexibility in agricultural market access indicated by the EU and developing countries.
本轮谈判之所以破裂,是因为美国认为,欧盟和发展中国家在农业市场准入方面表示出的灵活程度,未能给予美国公平的回报。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - I can't say that boys are more short-changed.
我看男生并没有更受到忽视。