Underpay
vt. 少付...工资, 付给...不足额的工资\\n[经] 付给不足额的工资
📖 牛津释义
underpay
v
(pt, pp underpaid /- 5peId; -`ped/) [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (for sth) pay (an employee, etc) too little money 付给（雇员等）报酬过低
Nurses are overworked and underpaid. 护士的工作过重而报酬过低.
He underpaid me for the work (by 10). 我做这工作他少给了我（10英镑）工资. Cf 参看 overpay.
🗣️ 情景例句
Get to the heart of the matter.
请讲问题的实质。
Which American singer do you like to listen to?
你喜欢哪个美国歌星的歌曲？
It suddenly dawned on me that this express was not roaring down the line at ninety miles an hour, but barely chugging along at thirty.
我突然感到这趟快车并没以时速90英里的速度呼啸前进，而是卟哧卟哧地向前爬行，时速仅30英里。