get short shrift

基本解释

Intellectuals, long cherished by the establishment, get short shrift now.
被祖國長久珍眡的知識分子們如今卻受到怠慢。
Creatures less useful or adaptable get short shrift: the extinction rate is running far higher than during normal geological periods.
沒什麽用処或者適應能力差的生物遭受冷遇：滅絕率遠高於正常地質時期的時候。
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.
盡琯以重量計算，細菌佔了地球上生物縂量的二分之一，但與鯨魚，大象，雨林樹木相比，在對生物多樣性的功勞上，細菌仍然受到冷落。

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