despite making up about half, by weight, of the living things on earth, bacteria get short shrift in the biodiversity stakes compared with whales, elephants and rain-forest trees.
until an agreement was reached recently, the zeal for welfare reform of iain duncan smith, the work and pensions secretary, received short shrift from a sceptical treasury.
近期一项协议达成后,就业与养老金大臣伊恩?邓肯?史密斯的福利改革热情才得到多疑的财政部的短暂认可。
but you gave short shrift to the fact that in many cases those online visitors are reading content written and posted by the staffs at the websites of mainstream daily newspapers.
if the composition of spending is not considered, governments may give short shrift to projects with long-term benefits, like capital investments, while sparing powerful interest groups.
robert maxwell, a dodgy press baron, was given short shrift when he came knocking.
当狡猾的报业大亨罗伯特?麦克斯韦尔前来谋职,就吃到了闭门羹。
a fit of the sullen got short shrift in our house.
在我们家里,闷闷不乐是不会有人搭理你的。
they are increasingly popular abroad and starting to make their way into museum exhibitions—though in japan itself they are still given short shrift as an art form.
definition is important to us, and we're certainly not going to give it short shrift in this course.
定义对我们很重要,在这门课中当然不会一笔带过。
a fit of the sullens got short shrift in our house.
在我们家里,闷闷不乐是不会有人搭理你的。
intellectuals, long cherished by the establishment, get short shrift now.
被祖国长久珍视的知识分子们如今却受到怠慢。
my only concern is that dr. clay gives rather short shrift to the ways in which voluntary sustainability standards can affect global supply chains and impact consumer behavior.