英语词汇“freeloader”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

A freeloader is a person who takes things from others without paying for them or giving anything in return. If you eat all of your friend's Pop-Tarts and play his video games but then refuse to help with his math homework, you're a freeloader.

The term freeloader is an informal word for someone who takes advantage of generous people, who expects to get things from them for nothing. Your cousin who comes to stay at your house for weeks without chipping in for rent or groceries — or even thanking you — is a freeloader. The word dates from around 1940, combining free in the sense of "without cost," and load, "put a burden or load on."

WORD FAMILY

freeloader: freeloaders+/freeload: freeloaded, freeloader, freeloading, freeloads

USAGE EXAMPLES

Until fairly recently our various microbes were thought of as freeloaders without any meaningful benefit to our functioning as healthy human beings.

Salon(Dec 24, 2016)

Mr. Trump has denounced Japan for decades as a trade and military freeloader.

New York Times(Nov 13, 2016)

The common cuckoo is by reputation a cynical freeloader.

New York Times(Nov 11, 2016)

n someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others

Hyper

borrower

someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent

单词	freeloader
释义	freeloader (once / 123118 pages) n A freeloader is a person who takes things from others without paying for them or giving anything in return. If you eat all of your friend's Pop-Tarts and play his video games but then refuse to help with his math homework, you're a freeloader. The term freeloader is an informal word for someone who takes advantage of generous people, who expects to get things from them for nothing. Your cousin who comes to stay at your house for weeks without chipping in for rent or groceries — or even thanking you — is a freeloader. The word dates from around 1940, combining free in the sense of "without cost," and load, "put a burden or load on." WORD FAMILY freeloader: freeloaders+/freeload: freeloaded, freeloader, freeloading, freeloads USAGE EXAMPLES Until fairly recently our various microbes were thought of as freeloaders without any meaningful benefit to our functioning as healthy human beings. Salon(Dec 24, 2016) Mr. Trump has denounced Japan for decades as a trade and military freeloader. New York Times(Nov 13, 2016) The common cuckoo is by reputation a cynical freeloader. New York Times(Nov 11, 2016) n someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others Hyper borrower someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent
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