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单词 shortchange
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shortchange
verb[T]
uk
/ˌʃɔːtˈtʃeɪndʒ/us
/ˌʃɔːrtˈtʃeɪndʒ/
to give someone back lessmoneythan they areowedwhen thepersonisbuyingsomething from you:
少找给…零钱
IthinkI was shortchanged in thecafé, because I've only got £5 in mypursewhen I should have £10.我觉得小餐馆少找给我钱了，因为我的钱包里本应该有10英镑，而现在只有5英镑。
totreatsomeoneunfairly, by giving them less than theydeserve:
对…不公平，亏待；克扣，少给…应得的东西
Children wholeaveschoolunabletoreadand write are beingtragicallyshortchanged.那些没学会读书写字就离开学校的孩子是不幸的，他们没有受到应有的教育。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Paying money
  • advance
  • ante up (something)
  • balance
  • burn a hole insomeone'spocketidiom
  • chargeable
  • co-finance
  • compensate
  • congestion charge
  • cough
  • foot
  • lash
  • pay top dollaridiom
  • payer
  • ransom
  • settle up
  • sink intosomething
  • spender
  • splash out(something)
  • spring forsomething
  • stretch tosomething
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Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly
Treating people or animals badly
(Definition ofshortchangefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

shortchange| American Dictionary

shortchange
verb[T]
us
/ˈʃɔrtˈtʃeɪndʒ/
to give someone or something lessmoney,time, orattentionthan isdeserved:
Thereportclaimedthatgirlswere being shortchanged inpubliceducation,particularlyinmathandscience.
(Definition ofshortchangefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofshortchange

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Online customers are literally invisible to you (and you to them), so it's easy toshortchangethem emotionally.
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Project cycles that omit orshortchangeany of these activities risk wasting effort by pursuing options that are unacceptable to key stakeholders, or are too risky.
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The general point here is that the entries in the methodological tutorials section tend toshortchangethe language side of the brain - language connection.
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We are dealing with people who, beyond a shadow of doubt, were shortchanged.
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If they were, they would be shortchanging the boards from which they get money.
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Is not it a remarkable bit of vandalism that, although there is a surplus of £17 million, our schools are shortchanged?
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The truth is that we have been shortchanged.
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There is a real danger that owners and occupiers of land that would be covered by the fast-track procedure will be shortchanged.
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In practice, as the figures work through, people will find that they have been shortchanged again.
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The compensation package shortchanges the people who need it most, such as the elderly and the infirm.
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Is that not one reason why nurses get shortchanged, resulting in an increase lower than the cash limit?
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The first point of principle that must be understood is that service men were shortchanged.
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In other words, for five years those on pensions and benefits have, in effect, been shortchanged.
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He should be if he has been shortchanged.
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Is it not also worth pointing out that the only way in which a fire brigade could be underfunded would be if the county council concerned shortchanged it?
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