get short shrift

基本解釋

Intellectuals, long cherished by the establishment, get short shrift now.
被祖國長(zhǎng)久珍視的知識(shí)分子們?nèi)缃駞s受到怠慢。
Creatures less useful or adaptable get short shrift: the extinction rate is running far higher than during normal geological periods.
沒什么用處或者適應(yīng)能力差的生物遭受冷遇：滅絕率遠(yuǎn)高于正常地質(zhì)時(shí)期的時(shí)候。
DESPITE making up about half, by weight, of the living things on Earth, bacteria get short shrift in the biodiversity stakes compared with whales, elephants and rain-forest trees.
盡管以重量計(jì)算，細(xì)菌占了地球上生物總量的二分之一，但與鯨魚，大象，雨林樹木相比，在對(duì)生物多樣性的功勞上，細(xì)菌仍然受到冷落。

And Israel's surrogate South Lebanese Army might get short shrift if it were abandoned.
ECONOMIST: An occupation Israel would love to end
Their schools focus on religious learning: even basic subjects such as maths and English get short shrift.
ECONOMIST: Israel is moving towards a more pluralistic Judaism
But any banker proposing one is likely to get short shrift from today's bosses, ever mindful of their suddenly suspicious board members.
ECONOMIST: Face value