"sponge off of" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 靠...生活
• 靠...喫喝

Definition

向他人索取金錢、食物或其他幫助，自己卻不付出任何努力；靠別人的慷慨過活。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

屬於非正式、帶有貶義的用法，暗示對方懶惰或不負責。專指長期靠他人生活，不用於臨時求助。

Examples

He always sponges off of his parents instead of getting a job.

他總是**靠**父母生活，而不是去找工作。

Stop trying to sponge off of your friends and pay your own way.

別再**靠**朋友了，該自己買單了。

She doesn’t want to sponge off of anyone; she works hard for her money.

她不想**靠**任何人生活；她自己努力賺錢。

Jake’s been sponging off of his roommate for months and never pays for anything.

Jake已經**靠**室友生活好幾個月了，從不付錢。

“Don’t let your brother sponge off of you. Set some boundaries.”

「別讓你弟弟再**靠**你了，該設點界線。」

I can’t believe she keeps sponging off of us after everything we’ve done for her.

我真不敢相信她在我們幫了那麼多之後還一直**靠**我們生活。