cadge

英 [kædʒ] 美[kædʒ]

vi. 乞讨；骗得白食；行乞；贩卖
vt. 乞讨；行乞；贩卖
n. (Cadge)人名；(英)卡奇

GRE 畅通词汇

英英释义

1. ask for and get free; be a parasite

2. obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling;: "he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends"

词组搭配

on the cadge

(informal)looking for an opportunity to obtain something without paying for it

(非正式)寻找免费获得某物的机会

实用场景例句

I managed to cadge some money off my dad.: 我设法从我父亲那里要了一些钱。

Can I cadge a cigarette?...: 能不能给我支烟?

He could cadge a ride from somebody.: 他可以请求别人搭他一程。

Could I cadge a lift with you?: 我能顺便坐你的汽车吗 ?

May I cadge a cigarette from you?: 我可以向你要支香烟吗 ?

I managed to cadge some money off my dad.: 我设法从我父亲那里要了一些钱.

Poor old uncle Tompson used to cadge some money for cigarettes from me.: 可怜的汤普森大叔从前常常从我这里讨些钱买香烟抽.

Just cupboard love ; they were always cadge from her money, food furniture, anything and everything.: 他们是有所图的. 他们老是来向他要东西,要钱, 要吃的东西,要家具, 什么东西都要.

I managed to cadge a ride with a lorry driver.: 我求一个卡车司机免费载了我一程.

The police arrest 8 person who forge and cadge the fake advice note of matriculate.: 警察在本月初逮捕了8名伪造和贩卖假录取通知书的人.

Homeless people forced to cadge in subway stations.: 无家可归的人们被迫在地铁站里乞讨。

I managed to cadge some money off my dad.: 我设法从我父亲那里要了一些钱。

Can I cadge a cigarette?: 能不能给我支烟？

He could cadge a ride from somebody.: 他可以请求别人搭他一程。

中文词源

cadge 乞讨

词源同codger, 乞丐。可能来自cage, 原指流浪的卖鸟人。

助记提示

cadge：揩之。揩他的油——占便宜；乞讨也是要占施主的便宜——乞讨。

双语例句

1. Can I cadge a cigarette?: 能不能给我支烟？

2. He could cadge a ride from somebody.: 他可以请求别人搭他一程。

3. I managed to cadge some money off my dad.: 我设法从我父亲那里要了一些钱。

4. I managed to cadge a ride with a lorry driver.: 我求一个卡车司机免费载了我一程.

5. Homeless people forced to cadge in subway stations.: 无家可归的人们被迫在地铁站里乞讨。

英文词源

cadge (v.): "to beg" (1812), "to get by begging" (1848), of uncertain origin, perhaps a back-formation from cadger "itinerant dealer with a pack-horse," mid-15c., which is perhaps from early 14c. cadge "to fasten, to tie," which is of unknown origin.

词态变化

第三人称单数: cadges;过去式: cadged;过去分词: cadged;现在分词: cadging;名词: cadger;