short-change

verb

/ˌʃɔːt ˈtʃeɪndʒ/

/ˌʃɔːrt ˈtʃeɪndʒ/

[often passive]

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they short-change	/ˌʃɔːt ˈtʃeɪndʒ/ /ˌʃɔːrt ˈtʃeɪndʒ/
he / she / it short-changes	/ˌʃɔːt ˈtʃeɪndʒɪz/ /ˌʃɔːrt ˈtʃeɪndʒɪz/
past simple short-changed	/ˌʃɔːt ˈtʃeɪndʒd/ /ˌʃɔːrt ˈtʃeɪndʒd/
past participle short-changed	/ˌʃɔːt ˈtʃeɪndʒd/ /ˌʃɔːrt ˈtʃeɪndʒd/
-ing form short-changing	/ˌʃɔːt ˈtʃeɪndʒɪŋ/ /ˌʃɔːrt ˈtʃeɪndʒɪŋ/

short-change somebody to give back less than the correct amount of money to somebody who has paid for something with more than the exact price少找给（某人）零钱
- I think I've been short-changed at the bar.我觉得酒吧没给我找够零钱。
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short-change somebody to treat somebody unfairly by not giving them what they have earned or deserve亏待；克扣
- America is short-changing half its young adults by treating those who don’t attend college as failures.美国正在通过将那些没有上大学的人视为失败者来欺骗一半的年轻人。