英语释义

1. to give less than the correct amount of change to

2. to deprive of or give less than something due cheat
was shortchanged out of a promotion

3. to give (someone) less than the correct amount of change

4. to give (someone) less than what is expected or deserved

片语

kid小山羊皮制的；较年幼的

sell销售；推销；出卖；欺骗

fox(Fox)（英、美、德、丹、爱）福克斯（人名）

英汉例句

• Think you do just fine on five or six hours of shut-eye? Chances are, you are among the many millions who unwittingly shortchange themselves on sleep.

  想想在闭上眼睛的五六个小时里你睡得好吗？在几百万人中，你有可能是那位无意中在睡眠中欺骗了自己的人。

• Think you do just fine on five or six hours of shut-eye? Chances are, you are among the many millions who unwittingly shortchange themselves on sleep.

  你是不是觉得，合眼睡上五，六个小时就够了？其实你很有可能是那些不知不觉在睡眠上透支身体的数百万大军之一。

• According to Caixin, the tour guides, who should later have paid in full for the tickets, colluded with the guards to shortchange the museum and split the profits.

  据财新报道，导游应该为其所有游客门票交全款，却和门卫合谋欺骗以分得赃款。

• At the same time, prominent researchers said conservationists cannot afford to shortchange large and regional protections at the expense of focusing on targeted species.

  与此同时，优秀的研究者指出，环保主义者不能因为负担不起大型区域性保护的费用，就牺牲掉目标物种的集中保护。

• There is a tendency for it infrastructure projects to shortchange the planning process, with an emphasis on jumping right in and beginning the work.

  IT基础设施项目现在有种缩短计划过程的趋势，强调马上动手开始工作。

• As a college history major, I didn「t want to shortchange the book, so I took the time to read it for myself.

  作为一名大学历史教授，我不能去欺骗这本书，所以我自己也读了一遍。

• Yet they haven’t been able to do that even in Texas, which is willing both to impose great pain (by its stinginess on health care) and to shortchange the future (by neglecting education).

  他们连在承受了巨大痛苦（表现在健保上的吝啬）和自断后路（表现在低教育支出）的德州都未能做到，又该怎样去推行到全国呢？

• That vendor should be ashamed of himself for trying to shortchange his customers.

  那个小贩应该为其企图少找钱给顾客而感到羞耻。

• If you」re an overachiever, you may put relaxation low on your priority list. Don「t shortchange yourself.

  如果你是个成就突出者，在你的优先清单上，很可能把放松排在后头，不要蒙混你自己。

• If all possible solutions are not investigated, you can easily shortchange yourself and possibly use a more expensive solution than was required.

  如果没有研究所有可能的解决方案，很可能会作出片面选择，有可能使用比所需更昂贵的解决方案。

• However, some local residents and charities argue that Dharavi」s redevelopment will harm the community and shortchange the thousands of small businesses that operate there.

  然而，当地的一些居民和慈善机构认为，达拉维的重建将损害到这个地区成千上万的小企业。

• Chances are, you are among the many millions who unwittingly shortchange themselves on sleep.

  在几百万人中，你有可能是那位无意中在睡眠中欺骗了自己的人。

• Meanwhile, John McCain will shortchange investments in education, energy, and innovation, making the next generation of Americans less able to compete.

  同时，约翰·麦凯恩将削减在教育、能源、创新领域的投资，导致美国下一代竞争力的减弱。

• Sandel USES the example of a shopkeeper who passes up the chance to shortchange a customer only because he worries it would hurt his business.

  Sandel引用了一个例子：一名店主拒绝给一个顾客换零钱，只因他担心会影响他的生意。

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bilk诈骗；骗子；赖帐

bleed流血；渗出；悲痛

cheat欺骗；作弊

chisel雕，刻，凿；（非正式）欺骗

chouse欺骗；隐瞒

con欺骗，哄骗；指挥（船）的驾驶；熟读，默记

cozen瞒；欺骗

defraud进行诈骗（过去式defrauded，过去分词defrauded，现在分词defrauding，第三人称单数defrauds，名词defraudation）

diddle快速摇动；閑混；瞎摆弄

doaux. 与动词连用构成否定句和疑问句；用于构成疑问尾句；用于避免重复某一动词；用于强调主要动词；用于祈使句中表示礼貌；用于肯定或否定回答；用在倒装句中

do in使精疲力竭

euchre（尤克牌戏中）阻止（另一玩家）获胜；（非正式）欺骗；防止……在游戏中耍花招

fiddle瞎搞；拉小提琴

fleece(Fleece)人名；(英)弗利斯

flimflam胡说，胡扯；欺骗；荒唐

gaff(Gaff)人名；(英)加夫

gyp骗，欺诈

hustle奔忙；（非正式）欺诈行为；努力

mulct罚金

pluck胆识，勇气；（供食用的）内脏；快而猛的拉

ream欺骗；（用工具使孔）扩大；（清除）材料；榨取（果汁等）；肛交；（非正式）责骂

rip off偷窃；扯掉；欺诈；剥削

rook(Rook) （美、英）鲁克（人名）

screw螺旋；螺丝钉；吝啬鬼

shake down勒索；适应新环境；摇落

short短；缺乏；短路；短裤

skin愈合；长皮

skunk使惨败；欺骗

squeeze挤压；榨出的液体；压榨；紧握；拥挤；佣金；（可获得的钱、工作岗位等的）减少；（非正式）女朋友，男朋友；拥挤的社交集会；压模；（非正式）勒索的钱；（桥牌）紧逼打法；（棒球）抢分战术

stick刺，戳；伸出；粘贴

stiff呆板的；坚硬的；僵硬的；严厉的；拘谨的；稠的；（价格）高昂的；（酒）烈性的

sting刺痛；讽刺，刺激；刺毛

sucker（植物）长出根出条

swindle(Swindle) （美、英、澳、加）斯温德尔（人名）

thimblerig欺骗

victimize使受害；使牺牲；欺骗