英 [ˌʃɔːt ˈtʃeɪndʒ] 美 [ˌʃɔːrt ˈtʃeɪndʒ]
vt. 故意少给顾客找钱
short-change // [ short-changing short-changed short-changes ]
及物动词 If someone short-changes you, they do not give you enough change after you have bought something from them. 少找零钱给…
The cashier made a mistake and short-changed him.
那位收银员搞错了，少找给了他钱。
及物动词 If you are short-changed, you are treated unfairly or dishonestly, often because you are given less of something than you deserve. 亏待
Women are in fact still being short-changed in the press.
事实上妇女在新闻界仍然受到不公平地对待。
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... 劝诱消费、诱导消费 induced 缺斤少两 short-change 燃油附加税 bunker surcharge ...
... shopping cart 手推车 short-change 少找钱了 sub-standard 不符合标准的 ...
... 10) equity n. 公平，公正 11) short-change v. 忽略，忽视 12) exaggerate v. 夸张，夸大 ...
Most people in today's fast-paced world think that they can short-change the energy recovery process.
在当今快节奏的社会上大多数人认为他们可以短期改变精力回收过程。
Mothers and single women, in particular, short-change their contributions around the house, it said.
妈妈们和单身女性尤其低估自己对家庭的贡献。
Only during the short lag between onset of global temperature change and sea level response can warm-adapted species migrate from the equator toward higher latitudes.
只有在全球气温变化开始和海平面反应之间的短暂滞后期间，适应气候变化的物种才能从赤道向高纬度地区迁移。
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.
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To narrow the deficit, it will be tempted to short-change infrastructure spending, an investment that pays off slowly.
We have to short-change charities that help people, so government can help people.
Because though some will never forgive a cheater in competitive sport, many of those same people will not short-change those fighting cancer simply to spite their once hero turned fraud.