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单词 free ride
释义

free ride

noun

1
: a benefit obtained at another's expense or without the usual cost or effort
… a group of students who have been assigned to do a report where only one student cares, does all the work and the others go along for a free ride Roger T. Johnson and David W. Johnson
also : soft or easy treatment
Generally speaking, the press has given Jacobson a free ride. Spy
2
: an arrangement (such as a scholarship) providing a student with tuition at no cost
athletes getting a free ride at college
College officials hope that the idea of a free ride to a new engineering school with lofty ambitions will attract a highly accomplished student body … Jeffrey Mervis
free ride intransitive verb
free rider noun

Example Sentences

The state university offered him a free ride for all four years of college—his football scholarship would cover tuition, room and board, and other expenses. companies getting a free ride at the taxpayer's expense

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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