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单词 short-change
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Definition of short-change in English:

short-change

verbˌʃɔːtˈtʃeɪndʒ
[with object]
  • 1Cheat (someone) by giving insufficient money as change.

    I'm sure I was short-changed at the bar
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Can I sue my corner shop if they short-change me?
    • If you are short-changed at a supermarket checkout point it might be a mistake.
    Synonyms
    swindle, defraud, deceive, trick, dupe, hoodwink, double-cross, gull
    1. 1.1 Treat unfairly by withholding something of value.
      artists have been short-changed by people who stream music without paying
      Example sentencesExamples
      • When it does resurface, on the final page of the book, it short-changes the reader dramatically and disappointingly.
      • Pensioners who are short-changed by the benefits system could double their income by making sure they get what they deserve.
      • The poll, conducted by the University of Pennsylvania's National Annenberg Election Survey, underscored the way that the irrational clustering of the primaries short-changes voters.
      • I would be pleased to hear it if people feel they have been short-changed or misled.
      • Frankly, to provide anything less than the above requirements is unconscionable, and as a digital camera maker you know better that to short-change your customers this way.
      • Opponents and unions accused Bradford Council of short-changing the district's children to secure the Serco company's profits by capitulating to its demands.
      • David Joy says meetings with Glasgow City Council have convinced him the local authority is not about to short-change Scotland's athletes.
      • We have, therefore, chosen to live quietly with the ban, confident that sooner or later Government would realise that ultimately it is short-changing the people.
      • Segregation short-changes the students by denying them exposure to one half of their society.
      • So yes, most people have every right to feel short-changed by this government.
      • Now, in the first place, this professor short-changed his students, who pay a lot of money to attend classes at the university.
      • Why do the English-language newspapers short-change their readers?
      • Once again Africa's people have been short-changed.
      • A small Bradford charity is fighting to stop disabled people being short-changed when it comes to sporting and leisure activities.
      • We also didn't want to short-change our fans with an uncompetitive match.
      • Offer solutions instead of dwelling on how Indian Affairs has short-changed us.
      • Short people may be short-changed when it comes to salary, status and respect, according to a University of Florida study that found tall people earn considerably more money throughout their lives.
      • Decades of dry and barren materialism have left us feeling short-changed and cheated.
      • ‘This body has short-changed our people,’ Edgardo Angara, an opposition senator, said.
      • We've short-changed our fans at home over the last two years.
nounˌʃɔːtˈtʃeɪndʒ
mass noun
  • Insufficient money given as change.

Rhymes

arrange, change, counterchange, estrange, exchange, grange, interchange, Lagrange, mange, part-exchange, range, strange
 
 
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