大家好,今天我們分享一個非常有用且地道的表達——shortchange, 這個短語的含義不是指「短暫的改變」,其正確的含義是:
01shortchange 少找給…零錢
I think I was shortchanged in the café, because I've only got 5 in my purse when I should have 10.
我覺得小餐館少找給我錢了,因為我的錢包裡本應該有10英鎊,而現在只有5英鎊。
I think I've been short-changed at the bar.
我想我被酒吧少給了零錢。
02shortchange 對…不公平,虧待;剋扣,少給…應得的東西
Children who leave school unable to read and write are being tragically shortchanged.
那些沒學會讀書寫字就離開學校的孩子是不幸的,他們沒有受到應有的教育。
He sees no point in ever trying to shortchange business partners.
他認為試圖虧待自己的商業夥伴是毫無意義的。
The society is short-changing half its young adults by treating those who don’t attend college as failures.
社會把沒有上過大學的人看作是失敗的,這樣對它的一半的年輕人不公平。