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

• But BofA shareholders are not the only ones potentially short-changed by the deal.
  但是，美银股东还不是因为这宗交易而可能吃亏的唯一群体。
• I think I've been short-changed at the bar.
  我觉得酒吧没给我找够零钱。
• 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 can't say that boys are more short-changed.
  我看男生并没有更受到忽视。
• Students at Judge Business School in Cambridge, England, where Mr Roberts is ceo-in-residence, must feel short-changed.
  罗伯茨是英国剑桥大学（cambridge）judge管理学院的驻院首席执行官（ceo-in-residence），那里的学生一定感觉上了当。
• 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。
• The cashier made a mistake and short-changed him.
  收银员弄错了，少找了他钱。
• 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？
• She complained he had short-changed her, but it was only a matter of a few pence.
  她抱怨说他少找钱了，但只是几便士之差。
• 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。