英语俚语习语小对话第6期："寄生虫"英语怎么说？ (mp3和文本下载)

习语：a dead beat

讲解：a dead beat 的意思与moocher的意思相近，都是指借钱不还的人。但是a dead beat更强调借钱后的赖账行为。除此之外，a dead beat还有不劳而食，游手好闲的人，或寄生虫的意思。这个习语即可做名词也可作动词，做名词时，侧重于指赖账的人；做动词时，一般是指寄生，不劳而食。

英语情景对话：

A: Have you ever run into a person who tries bleed you white?
你有没有遇到一个把你榨干的一个人？

B :I am always on the look out for such girls.
我一直在警惕这种女孩子。

A: I hear that some guys splash all their money about on them..
我听说有些人把钱都花在她们身上了。

B: Mark is one of them. He has trouble with a girl who turned out to be a dead beat.
马克就是其中的一个。他碰到一个女孩竟然是一个赖账的人。

英语学习笔记：

1.run into：偶然遇见

I ran into Bob yesterday on main street.
昨天我在大街上偶然遇到了鲍勃。

He has run into trouble in his job.
他的工作遇到了麻烦。

2.blood sb white：把某人榨干

3.look out：留神，注意

Tell the children to look out when they cross the main street.
告诉孩子们过大街时要当心。

I shall look out that I don't trust him again.
我要留神不再信任他了。

Look out the milk doesn't spill.
当心不要让牛奶溢出来。

4.on the look out for sb：堤防警戒某人

5.splash one's money about：挥霍金钱

6.splash one's money about on sb：把金钱挥霍在某人身上

7.have a trouble with：和某人之间有麻烦事情

I have a lot trouble with pronunciation.
我在语音方面有许多困难。

They married in haste and had a lot of trouble.
他们结婚草率懊恼多。

8.turn out：结果是

How do you think the match will turn out.
你想比赛结果会是怎么样？