英和和英

名詞

moocher (plural moochers)

1. (chiefly derogatory) A person having a tendency to take advantage of the help of others, especially if making little effort to help themselves.
   • 2012 September 22, “CNN’s woes: Unbiased and unloved”, in The Economist:

     When Mitt Romney says that 47% of Americans are moochers, or Barack Obama says that entrepreneurs didn’t build their own businesses, partisan viewers crave a partisan response.

2. A person who mooches about.
   • 1980, Robert Dougall, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 378:

     The whole area is a network of nature reserves among estuaries and marshes, and a paradise for a moocher like me.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:scrounger

派生語

• molly moocher