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单词 short shrift
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short shrift

phrase [PHR after v]
If someone or something gets short shrift, they are paid very little attention.
The idea has been given short shrift by philosophers.
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short shrift in British English

noun
1. 
brief and unsympathetic treatment
2. 
(formerly) a brief period allowed to a condemned prisoner to make confession
3.  make short shrift of

short shrift in American English

noun
1. 
a brief time for confession or absolution given to a condemned prisoner before his or her execution
2. 
little attention or consideration in dealing with a person or matter
to give short shrift to an opponent's arguments
Word origin
[1585–95]

Examples of 'short shrift' in a sentence
short shrift

The review gives this explanation short shrift.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The presumption of innocence is given short shrift.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He gives deliciously short shrift to any interviewee who attempts to weasel out of answering.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Many commanders with glittering reputations get equally short shrift.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
Illustration in this book gets short shrift.
The Times Literary Supplement (2008)
He also thought some ministries might be getting short shrift.
Christianity Today (2000)
Stone gives the notion short shrift.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Let us give that short shrift.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Why have you given Heaven such short shrift?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
And the remaining foreign choices were given short shrift, too.
The Sun (2006)
Such healthier alternatives as low-fat cooking spray get short shrift.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Although they are given a sympathetic ear, others get short shrift.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
So it is here, a film in which the many grand ideas are given short shrift in the execution, providing interest if not emotion.
The Sun (2016)
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