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单词 parasitic
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parasitic

adjective
/ˌpærəˈsɪtɪk/
/ˌpærəˈsɪtɪk/
(also less frequent parasitical
/ˌpærəˈsɪtɪkl/
/ˌpærəˈsɪtɪkl/
)
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  1. caused by a parasite
    • a parasitic disease/infection
  2. living on another animal or plant and getting its food from it
    • a parasitic mite
  3. (disapproving) (of a person) always relying on or benefiting from other people and giving nothing back
    • She lives a parasitic existence, constantly borrowing money from her friends.
  4. Word Originearly 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek parasitikos, from parasitos ‘(person) eating at another's table’.
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