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

• 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。
• 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。
• I think I've been short-changed at the bar.
  我觉得酒吧没给我找够零钱。
• 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？
• I can't say that boys are more short-changed.
  我看男生并没有更受到忽视。
• 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。
• 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。
• We have been short-changed by the government.
  我们被政府骗了。