get/be given short shriftSYMPATHIZE#if you or your idea, suggestion etc is given short shrift, you are told immediately that you are wrong and are not given any attention or sympathy 〔观点、建议等〕当即遭到否定,受冷遇 McLaren got short shrift from all the record companies when he first presented his new band to them in 1976. 麦克拉伦在 1976年第一次把他的新乐队推荐给各唱片公司时,受到了他们的一致冷落。
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