[ tōugōngjiǎnliào ] use inferior materials and turn out substandard goods; cheat in work and cut down on materials; cheat on labour and materials; do shoddy work and use inferior material; jerry-build; save illegally on material and labour; scamp work and stint material; use inferior materials and do shoddy work
Some workers did not know about scalping and faking the work . 有些工人不知道如何偷工减料。
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In justice to rushton and hunter, it must be remembered that there was a certain amount of excuse for all this driving and cheating . 应该说拉什顿和亨特之所以赶工和偷工减料确也是迫于情势。
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Then the depression had thrown almost everybody out of work and the jerry-built houses had been neglected, and as rudolph's mother complained, the entire town had become a single slum . 接着，经济萧条差不多使所有的人都失了业，那些偷工减料盖成的房子也都无人照料；正如鲁道的母亲所抱怨的那样，整个市镇简直成了一个贫民窟。
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Our client is very picky , so don ’ t cut any corners 我们的顾客很挑剔，所以别偷工减料。
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This was not built to code 这是官商勾结，偷工减料
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Remember , no cutting corners on this job . we want only the best 记住！这个工程绝不能偷工减料！我们只要最好的。
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He had cut corners in building his house , and it didn ' t stand up well 他盖房子时偷工减料，因此房子盖得并不牢固。
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B : remember , no cutting corners on this job . we want only the best 记住！这个工程绝不能偷工减料！我们只要最好的。
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The problem is , at least half of that speed comes by cutting corners 问题是，这些代码至少有一半都靠偷工减料得来的。
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We have both known fear , and loneliness , and every great distress 这样的考验我们没有偷工减料，尽管是以一种讽刺的方式。
