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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Our children have been short-changed by the education system.
  我们的孩子被教育体制骗了。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。