每日學英語:Give short shrift 給予冷遇

2024-02-22 14:36:09  每日學英語
give short shrift 怠慢;漠視;給予冷遇

【例句】
Some thought that the armed forces were getting all the government money and education was getting short shrift.
有人認為政府的經費全都被武裝部隊占用,而教育則受到冷落。

He believed that servants had a duty to work hard and anyone who claimed to be ill or tired was given short shrift.
他認為傭人的職責就是努力干活,任何人稱病叫累都不用理睬。

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