英语俚语天天说 第298期:"找错钱了"英文怎么讲?

 　　介绍:

　　Give someone the wrong change

　　给某人找错钱了

　　The cashier¹ gave me the wrong change. I gave her 10 dollars to pay for a $5.00 book, and she only gave me 2 dollars back.

　　收银员给我找错钱了。我买了5美元一本的书，给了她10美元，但她只给我找了2美元。

　　Gave someone too much change

　　多找钱了

　　Not give someone enough change

　　少找钱了

　　If a cashier gives you too much change, you’d better give it back.

　　如果收银员给你多找钱了，最好还回去。

　　Shortchange v.

　　少找钱

　　I think I was shortchanged in the restaurant, because I&`&ve only got $10 in my wallet when I should have $20 .

　　我感觉饭店给我少找钱了，因为我钱包里只有10美元，本来应该有20的呀。

　　loose change

　　零钱

　　I have some loose change in my pocket. I&`&ll use it to buy something in the vending² machine.

　　我口袋里有些零钱，我准备拿去自动售货机上买些东西。

　　Price Difference

　　价差

　　There’s always a big price difference between a new car and a used car.

　　新车和二手车的价格总是有很大的差别。

1 cashier   

n.出纳员，收银员

参考例句：

• The young cashier gave a patient sigh.年轻的出纳员忍耐地叹了一口气。
• One brother is a cashier and the other sells.两个兄弟一位当出纳，另一位当店员。

2 vending   

v.出售（尤指土地等财产）( vend的现在分词 )；（尤指在公共场所）贩卖；发表（意见，言论）；声明

参考例句：

• Why Are You Banging on the Vending Machine? 你为什么敲打这台自动售货机？ 来自朗文快捷英语教程 2
• Coca-Cola had to adapt almost 300,000 vending machines to accept the new coins. 可口可乐公司必须使将近三十万台自动贩卖机接受新货币。 来自超越目标英语 第5册