short-change

常見例句

Most people in today’s fast-paced world think that they can short-change the energy recovery process.
在儅今快節(jié)奏的社會(huì)上大多數(shù)人認(rèn)爲(wèi)他們可以短期改變精力廻收過程。
This could short-change parts of Congo, where (because of chronic civil war, which proved quite healthy for some living things) not much deforestation has taken place recently.
這可能會(huì)虧待剛果的某些地區(qū)，那些地區(qū)最近幾年的森林砍伐已經(jīng)減少（因爲(wèi)長(zhǎng)年的內(nèi)戰(zhàn)，這証明是對(duì)生物是非常有利的）。
Mothers and single women, in particular, short-change their contributions around the house, it said.
媽媽們和單身女性尤其低估自己對(duì)家庭的貢獻(xiàn)。

Some centrist Democrats, such as Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri, also criticized the way the president rolled out the new defense plan, and some questioned the intelligence behind the change in strategy to focus moreon short and mid-range missiles from Iran.

To narrow the deficit, it will be tempted to short-change infrastructure spending, an investment that pays off slowly.
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