单词	free rider
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 free rider noun as in parasite a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return During their fundraising campaign, the public radio station encouraged listeners not to be free riders. Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance parasite dependent henchman moocher freeloader sponge hanger-on sponger leech satellite idler toady deadbeat stooge miser lackey bloodsucker scrooge flunkie sycophant piker niggard skinflint yes-man tightwad cheapskate flunkey flunky Antonyms & Near Antonyms supporter benefactor philanthropist
随便看	self-sow self-sowed self-sowing self-sown self-starter self-starters self-starting self-sterile self-sterility self-stick self-stim self-stimulation self-stimulatory self-study self-styled self-subdued self-subsistence self-subsistent self-subsisting self-substantial self-suf self-sufficiency self-sufficient self-sufficing self-sufficingly

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