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cadge

/kædʒ/

翻译: 动词,指通过乞讨或利用他人来讨要或获取某物,通常指钱或食物。

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词语关系

verb

/kædʒ/C2formalbritish
  • zh动词,指通过乞讨或利用他人来讨要或获取某物,通常指钱或食物。

A verb used to indicate the act of asking for or obtaining something, typically money or food, through begging or sponging off others.

  1. To beg or obtain something for freeC1informalbritish

    To ask for and receive something, especially money or food, without intending to pay or work for it; to sponge off others.

    zh乞讨

    • He's always cadging cigarettes from his colleagues.
    • She cadged a ride to the airport from her neighbor.
    • They spent the summer cadging meals off their relatives.

    同义词bumfreeloadmoochscroungesponge

    反义词earnwork

  2. To obtain by wheedling or persistent askingC1informalbritish

    To get something by using flattery, persuasion, or persistent requests.

    zh乞讨

    • The child cadged a second helping of dessert by complimenting the cook.
    • He cadged an invitation to the exclusive party by charming the host.
    • She managed to cadge a discount on the dress by sweet-talking the shop assistant.

    同义词begbumcoaxmoochscroungespongewheedle

    反义词deserveearnmerit

词形
  • cadged past participle
  • cadged past simple
  • cadging present participle
  • cadges third person singular
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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