get short shrift

基本解释

Intellectuals, long cherished by the establishment, get short shrift now.
被祖国长久珍视的知识分子们如今却受到怠慢。
Creatures less useful or adaptable get short shrift: the extinction rate is running far higher than during normal geological periods.
没什么用处或者适应能力差的生物遭受冷遇：灭绝率远高于正常地质时期的时候。
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.
尽管以重量计算，细菌占了地球上生物总量的二分之一，但与鲸鱼，大象，雨林树木相比，在对生物多样性的功劳上，细菌仍然受到冷落。

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