每日学英语：Give short shrift 给予冷遇
2024-02-22 14:36:09 每日学英语
give short shrift 怠慢；漠视；给予冷遇
【例句】
Some thought that the armed forces were getting all the government money and education was getting short shrift.
有人认为政府的经费全都被武装部队占用，而教育则受到冷落。
He believed that servants had a duty to work hard and anyone who claimed to be ill or tired was given short shrift.
他认为佣人的职责就是努力干活，任何人称病叫累都不用理睬。