freeload
verb[IorT]
disapprovinguk/ˈfriːˌləʊd/us/ˈfriːˌloʊd/to usemoneyor other thingsprovidedby otherpeople, and give nothing inreturn:
占便宜，吃白食He had areputationforfreeloadingofffriendsandacquaintances.大家都知道他喜欢占朋友和熟人的便宜。
Therestaurantisfullofcorporateexecutivesandfreeloadingfoodcritics.饭馆里挤满了企业高管和吃白食的美食评论家。
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?
- Whoneedstoearntheirownlivingwhen you can freeload off anagedbillionaire?
- I freeloaded a fewglassesofchampagneat acharityevent.
- Thosepeopleneed topaysometaxes. They arefreeloading.
- "I wasn't making acontributionto theorganization," he says. "I wasfreeloading. I wascollectingapaycheckand notearningit."
- Sheleftasideher ownsoapandshampooinorderto freeload a fewsquirtsandsqueezesof thegels,moussesandlotionsprovidedby thehotel.
Making appeals & requests
- appellate
- ask forsomeone
- behest
- call for orderphrase
- call onsomeone
- callsomeonein
- cap
- claim
- demand
- implore
- invite
- pay claim
- petitioner
- propitiation
- push forsomething
- put in forsomething
- put the squeeze onsomeoneidiom
- reapply
- requester
- requisition