scroungers
英
美
n. 乞讨者；行乞者
柯林斯词典
- VERB 乞讨;索要
If you say that someone scrounges something such as food or money, you disapprove of them because they get it by asking for it, rather than by buying it or earning it.- Williams had to scrounge enough money to get his car out of the car park...
威廉斯不得不讨来足够的钱把车开出停车场。 - The government did not give them money, forcing them to scrounge for food.
政府没有给他们钱，他们只能去要饭。
- Williams had to scrounge enough money to get his car out of the car park...
双语例句
- We are not in the business of subsidising scroungers.
我们是不会资助那些乞丐的。 - He thinks that people who receive state benefits are scroungers.
他认为那些享受国家福利的人都是些白吃白拿的人。