hangers-on
plural ofhanger-ondisapproving
| 单词 | hangers-on |
| 释义 | hangers-on plural ofhanger-ondisapproving Examplesofhangers-onhangers-on The singing is accompanied by some dancing, a few musical instruments being played by the courtesan'shangers-on, and unceasing rounds of liquor. From theCambridge English Corpus Microbes are therebyhangers-onto receptor molecules that are used for physiological functions of the cell. From theCambridge English Corpus There was a small collection ofhangers-on. From theCambridge English Corpus The trouble is to get this through to certain of the more unrulyhangers-onwho sometimes turn up at occasions of this kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These bookmakers have touts and runners andhangers-onand that is the element which causes disturbance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That will immediately control all those spivs,hangers-onand racecourse touts, because the bookmaker would have to register and pay for all his employees. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They can encouragehangers-on, of many political beliefs or of none. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There were regrettable disturbances, caused not so much by the hunger marchers as by the camp-followers and thehangers-on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In that way you get a sort of population of merehangers-on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are not merehangers-onof the wage earners but are human beings in their own right. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Less should be spent on the middleman and thehangers-onin this great industry and more on the modernisation of its equipment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is awfully easy to talk vaguely about a mass ofhangers-ondoing nothing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If we are not —if we are regarded as contemptible and unhelpfulhangers-on, or just as mendicants—our voice will be heard less and less. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I examine propaganda of all kinds, including that of thehangers-onof all political parties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have all heard the names—scroungers,hangers-on, lazy and so forth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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