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
- The cashier made a mistake and short-changed him.
收银员弄错了，少找了他钱。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Our children have been short-changed by the education system.
我们的孩子被教育体制骗了。 - 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。 - 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？ - 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。 - She complained he had short-changed her, but it was only a matter of a few pence.
她抱怨说他少找钱了，但只是几便士之差。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - I can't say that boys are more short-changed.
我看男生并没有更受到忽视。 - 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。 - I think I've been short-changed at the bar.
我觉得酒吧没给我找够零钱。