short-change
verb🔊/ˌʃɔːt ˈtʃeɪndʒ/
🔊/ˌʃɔːrt ˈtʃeɪndʒ/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| 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 - 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. 通过将那些不上大学的人视为失败，美国正在改变一半的年轻人。