1·But then I get stiffed.
但是我被耍了。
2·I was stiffed out of a week's pay by the firm.
该公司没付我一周的工资就把我打发走了。
3·Everything was going great, and then I got stiffed.
一切都非常顺利,然后我就被耍了。
4·So you can tell the neighbors I stiffed you on a job?
你好告诉邻居我占你便宜,然后他们就会认为我很吝啬。
5·I got stiffed. The boss did not give me my Christmas bonus this year.
我辈耍了。老板今年没给我圣诞节的补助。
6·Counterparties would presumably charge more in future to offset the risk of being stiffed.
将来合约的另一方可能会要价更高以抵消被耍的风险。
7·Man, I don't know what went wrong. Everything was going great, and then I got stiffed. She didn't even kiss me.
我不知道怎么了。一切都非常顺利,然后我就被耍了。她甚至都没亲我。
8·The firm, which sent 39 lawyers and 13 paralegals into court battles all over the state, is one of a dozen that have so far been stiffed.
他的公司将39名律师和13名律师助手派往全州各地参与法庭辩论,现在和其他十几家公司一样没有收到劳务费。
9·A large ship, with three masts, lay becalmed on the water, with only one sail set; for not a breeze stiffed, and the sailors sat idle on deck or amongst the rigging.
船上只挂了一张帆,因为没有一丝儿风吹动。 水手们正坐在护桅索的周围和帆桁的上面。
10·He also withheld $614m in performance payments to Lockheed Martin, tying its future earnings to specific criteria rather than the subjective ones that he believed had stiffed the taxpayer.
同时,他拒绝向Lockheed Martin公司支付6.14亿美元的绩效款,今后将根据相应的具体标准向其付款,在盖茨看来,自吹自擂似的标准已经让纳税人花了不少冤枉钱。