| 词汇 | shortchanging |
| 释义 | shortchanging present participle ofshortchange shortchange verb[ T ] uk /ˌʃɔːtˈtʃeɪndʒ/ us /ˌʃɔːrtˈtʃeɪndʒ/ to give someone back less money than they are owed when the person is buying something from you: 少找给…零钱 I think I was shortchanged in the café, because I've only got £5 in my purse when 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。 to treat someone unfairly, by giving them less than they deserve: 对…不公平，亏待;克扣，少给…应得的东西 Children who leave school unable to read and write are being tragically shortchanged.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。 Paying money 2FA 2SV ante up (something) burn a hole in someone's pocketidiom buying power credit limit fund non-contributory outlay overpaid put someone through something put something on your/someone's card put something towards something run to something self-finance spend spent splurge sponsor tipper You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly Treating people or animals badly Examples of shortchangingshortchanging In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Obviously, any conversational primer that did not include extensive practice of these words would be shortchanging students. If they were, they would be shortchanging the boards from which they get money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is shortchanging not only the teachers themselves but also their students who cannot possibly be taught properly in the much larger classes and the reduced time available. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English He managed to work his way up to the position of waiter, but was fired for shortchanging the customers and theft. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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