short shrift noun
Learner's definition of SHORT SHRIFT
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: little or no attention or thought不理会；忽视；轻视 -
He gives short shrift to the author's later works.他不重视这名作者后期的作品。
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The lower classes have gotten/received short shrift from the city government. [=the city government has not paid attention to the problems of the people in the lower classes]市政府漠视下层社会。