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

• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• The cashier made a mistake and short-changed him.
  收银员弄错了，少找了他钱。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 think I've been short-changed at the bar.
  我觉得酒吧没给我找够零钱。