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单词 scrounge
释义
scrounge
verb[IorT]
informal
uk
/skraʊndʒ/us
/skraʊndʒ/
to get things,especiallymoneyorfood, byaskingfor theminsteadofbuyingthem orworkingfor them:
白要；乞讨；不劳而获（尤指金钱或食物）
Peter neverbuysanything - he just scrounges (offhisfriends).彼得从不买东西，他总是（从朋友那里）蹭吃蹭喝。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
get something for free
  • get something for freeReaders of her blog get advice for free.
  • get something for nothingYou don't get anything for nothing these days.
  • freeloadThen he went off to freeload some more drinks.
  • bumHe bums the occasional cigarette from his older brother.
  • cadgeShe's always cadging drinks from the people she is with.
  • scroungeCan I scrounge a lift with you?
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making appeals & requests
  • appellate
  • ask forsomeone
  • behest
  • call for orderphrase
  • call onsomeone
  • callsomeonein
  • cap
  • claim
  • demand
  • implore
  • invite
  • pay claim
  • petitioner
  • pretty pleaseidiom
  • propitiation
  • push forsomething
  • put in forsomething
  • put the squeeze onsomeoneidiom
  • reapply
  • requisition
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Related word

scrounger

Phrasal verb

scrounge around
scrounge
noun
UKdisapprovingorhumorous
uk
/skraʊndʒ/us
/skraʊndʒ/
on the scrounge
Someone who is on the scrounge isaskingpeoplefor things or formoney.
乞讨；索要
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making appeals & requests
  • appellate
  • ask forsomeone
  • behest
  • call for orderphrase
  • call onsomeone
  • callsomeonein
  • cap
  • claim
  • demand
  • implore
  • invite
  • pay claim
  • petitioner
  • pretty pleaseidiom
  • propitiation
  • push forsomething
  • put in forsomething
  • put the squeeze onsomeoneidiom
  • reapply
  • requisition
See more results »
(Definition ofscroungefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

scrounge| American Dictionary

scrounge
verb[I/T]
infml
us
/skrɑʊndʒ/
to get something byaskingfor itinsteadofbuyingit orworkingfor it, or togathersomething youwantor need from what isavailable:
[T]Baxter scroungedfurnitureandequipmentfromlocalbusinesses.
[I]Ablackcatscrounged throughpilesoflitter.
(Definition ofscroungefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofscrounge

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However, if scrounging could be partially controlled through non-detection, then both types of sharing may occur, with scrounging behavior simply occurring less frequently.
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Indifferent to the martyr and without structural or formal connection to her, they mingle with common pigeons, scrounging in the slush for food.
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Norms also vary cross-culturally with respect to the tolerance for begging, harassment, and scrounging behavior.
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Scores of family photos in my collection, scrounged from friends or discovered at second-hand bookshops over the years, attest to this truth.
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They are just reaching a stage which is called scrounging or pinching, and that is the way to become a criminal.
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At that time coal-owners "scrounged" around trying to find a pit which was unable to produce its quota.
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They refuse to "scrounge" and to exist on the scanty money going into their homes.
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That underclass is a separate class, different from us, by implication scrounging from us, and subverting our values.
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I remember factories being knocked down and then scrounging around for factory space.
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I spend half my time at present in collecting, training and scrounging for young scientists and engineers to handle these things that are coming out.
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At the end of six years of war such activities generally known as "scrounging"or"winning" things became suddenly respectable.
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Clause 3 refers to people who are alleged to be scrounging under the social security system.
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One has only toscroungeabout in galleries and elsewhere to find them without having to pay out £½ million.
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They drop out of the system, wander the streets by day, sleep rough at night andscroungewhat they can from relatives and friends.
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Through the regulations and guidelines, they are telling people to depend on friends and relatives and toscroungefrom them.
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