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.（找錢時故意）少找零頭，欺騙
英汉例句
- He sees no point in ever trying to shortchange business partners.
他認爲永遠試圖欺騙商業夥伴毫無意義。 - I'd never let my deafness shortchange my dreams. I wasn't about to start now.
我從來不會讓我的聽覺欺騙我的夢想，我衹是現在還沒有開始。 - As a college history major, I didn’t want to shortchange the book, so I took the time to read it for myself.
作爲一名大學歷史教授，我不能去欺騙這本書，所以我自己也讀了一遍。 - 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
雙語例句
權威例句
英英字典
- to give someone back less money than they are owed when the person is buying something from you