shortchanged v. (找钱时故意)少找零钱;欺骗(shortchange 的过去式和过去分词)
- He sold his shares in June 1983 and later lost a lawsuit claiming he’d been shortchanged.
比尔科赫于1983年出售了其股份,后因被欺骗而在一场官司中败诉。 - History is not an area that requires testing under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, so it often gets shortchanged, teachers said.
历史不是一个要求这个联邦考试时不让一个孩子掉队的科目,所以它一直没有受到足够的重视,老师们说。 - They knew they were being shortchanged.
他们有一种上当受骗的感觉。