shortchange
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [????t?t?e?nd?]
- 美式音標(biāo) [????rt?t?e?nd?]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- vt.（找錢(qián)時(shí)故意）少找零頭，欺騙
英漢例句
- He sees no point in ever trying to shortchange business partners.
他認(rèn)爲(wèi)永遠(yuǎn)試圖欺騙商業(yè)夥伴毫無(wú)意義。 - I'd never let my deafness shortchange my dreams. I wasn't about to start now.
我從來(lái)不會(huì)讓我的聽(tīng)覺(jué)欺騙我的夢(mèng)想，我衹是現(xiàn)在還沒(méi)有開(kāi)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(wèi)一名大學(xué)歷史教授，我不能去欺騙這本書(shū)，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(yǔ)例句
權(quán)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