shortchange
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- 英式音標 [????t?t?e?nd?]
- 美式音標 [????rt?t?e?nd?]
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基本解釋
- vt.（找錢時故意）少找零頭，欺騙
英漢例句
- He sees no point in ever trying to shortchange business partners.
他認為永遠試圖欺騙商業(yè)伙伴毫無意義。 - 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，我只是現(xiàn)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.
作為一名大學歷史教授，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.
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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