scrounging
present participle ofscrounge
| 单词 | scrounging |
| 释义 | scrounging present participle ofscrounge scrounge verb[IorT] informaluk/skraʊndʒ/us/skraʊndʒ/to get things,especiallymoneyorfood, byaskingfor theminsteadofbuyingthem orworkingfor them: Peter neverbuysanything - he just scrounges (offhisfriends). get something for free
Making appeals & requests
Phrasal verbscrounge around Examplesofscroungingscrounging In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Toleratedscroungingis more subtle and pervasive than portrayed here. From theCambridge English Corpus Reciprocal altruism, in particular, requires a suite of complex abilities not required by alternatives such as toleratedscrounging. From theCambridge English Corpus However, the evidence cannot entirely eliminate toleratedscrounging. From theCambridge English Corpus However, ifscroungingcould be partially controlled through non-detection, then both types of sharing may occur, with scrounging behavior simply occurring less frequently. From theCambridge English Corpus Indifferent to the martyr and without structural or formal connection to her, they mingle with common pigeons,scroungingin the slush for food. From theCambridge English Corpus Norms also vary cross-culturally with respect to the tolerance for begging, harassment, andscroungingbehavior. From theCambridge English Corpus Toleratedscroungingmight be overstated but it cannot be ruled out. From theCambridge English Corpus These instances of food transfer could also be described as toleratedscrounging. From theCambridge English Corpus The data on toleratedscroungingare inadequate for a path analysis. From theCambridge English Corpus This article attempts to organize available crosscultural evidence pertaining to several contentious evolutionary models: kin selection, reciprocal altruism, toleratedscrounging, and costly signaling. From theCambridge English Corpus Gurven attempts to organize the data on human food transfers and relate them to four nonexclusive evolutionary models: kin selection, reciprocal altruism, toleratedscrounging, and costly signaling. From theCambridge English Corpus Gurven's analysis cannot rule out any of the models (kin selection, reciprocal altruism, toleratedscrounging, costly signaling, or byproduct mutualism), and quantitative partitioning of relative importance is not feasible. From theCambridge English Corpus They are just reaching a stage which is calledscroungingor pinching, and that is the way to become a criminal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That underclass is a separate class, different from us, by implicationscroungingfrom us, and subverting our values. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I remember factories being knocked down and thenscroungingaround for factory space. 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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