shortchange

vt. 少找零钱, 欺骗

词形变化：

名词: shortchanger | 动词过去式: shortchanged | 动词过去分词: shortchanged | 动词现在分词: shortchanging | 动词第三人称单数: shortchanges |

vt.【美】【口】

1. 少找零钱

2. 欺骗

shortchange

过去式：shortchanged

过去分词：shortchanged

现在进行时：shortchanging

词形变化：

名词: shortchanger | 动词过去式: shortchanged | 动词过去分词: shortchanged | 动词现在分词: shortchanging | 动词第三人称单数: shortchanges |

词义辨析：

同义参见:

underestimate¹

shortchange[,ʃɔ:t'tʃeindʒ]vt.1.■少找(零头)；少找…零头：They shortchanged me ten cents.他们把十美分抹掉了，不找给我。2.■[口语]欺骗，骗取：I was shortchanged 10 dollars to pay.我被骗多付了十美元。变形vt.shortchangedshortchanging

shortchange

名词 shortcake:

very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream

shortchange

■Don’t shortchange yourself by denying your beliefs, values, and point of view, for the sake of fitting in.

不要为了迎合他人就欺骗自己，否认自己的信仰，价值观和想法。

■He was perfectly aware of the reaction. (As was his hospital, which did not want his or its name to appear in print for this article.) “I think doctors shortchange themselves,” he said.

他完全意识到了这个反应。（由于在他的医院，他不希望他的姓名出现在文章里。）

■You shortchange sleep to fit everything in, but that only makes you less excited about exercise.

你减少睡眠时间以完成所有的事，可是这只能让你更不想运动。

■The sharpshooters always shortchange the little kids and other pure people.

奸商经常欺骗小孩和其他单纯的人们。

■We can't shortchange those things.

我们不能在这些事上减少经费。

■Sleep tends to be the biggest thing that I shortchange, and I sometimes suffer for it, feeling deeply worn down and mentally not engaged with the things I should be engaged with.

我总是倾向于克扣睡眠的时间，有时会因此而感到非常的疲倦，无法专注于我本应该全身心投入的事情。

■Since it doesn't cost a dime to dream, you'll never shortchange yourself when you stretch your imagination.

正是因为梦想不用花钱，所以随你怎么做梦都甭担心会找错零钱。