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A freeloader is someone who takes food, drink, a place to sleep, or other things from people, and does not give anything in return. It is a criticising word, informal, and it started in American English in the 1930s. You would not put it on a form; you say it when you are . It is harsher than guest, and it is not a friend who comes to dinner and will cook next time. People stretch it a little: someone who never pays for drinks, who lives on a friend's sofa, who uses a company's time for their own work. Though actually, needing help is not the same as being a freeloader. The sting in the word is the feeling that the person could put something back, and will not.
白吃白住的人、愛佔便宜的人
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
freeloadernoun/ˈfɹiːləʊdə(ɹ)/
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One who does not contribute or pay appropriately; one who gets a free ride, etc. without paying a fair share.
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A person who takes expired unsold merchandise from the back of supermarket premises.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。