shortchange
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌʃɔːtˈtʃeɪndʒ]
- 美式音标 [ˌʃɔːrtˈtʃeɪndʒ]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt.（找钱时故意）少找零头，欺骗
英汉例句
- He sees no point in ever trying to shortchange business partners.
他认为永远试图欺骗商业伙伴毫无意义。 - I'd never let my deafness shortchange my dreams. I wasn't about to start now.
我从来不会让我的听觉欺骗我的梦想，我只是现在还没有开始。 - As a college history major, I didn’t want to shortchange the book, so I took the time to read it for myself.
作为一名大学历史教授，我不能去欺骗这本书，所以我自己也读了一遍。 - We can't shortchange the investments that will allow us to grow in the future.
WHITEHOUSE: Online Town Hall - But what we can't shortchange are those things that are going to allow us to grow long term.
WHITEHOUSE: Online Town Hall - But the way to dig our way out of that problem is not to shortchange investments in our people.
WHITEHOUSE: Online Town Hall
双语例句
权威例句
英英字典
- to give someone back less money than they are owed when the person is buying something from you