hanger-on n. 依附他人者, 食客随从, 奉迎者
- The great actor was surrounded by his usual crowd of hangers-on.
这位大演员的周围经常有些前呼後拥的人。 - Nothing is less to be desired than the fate of a young man who, as the Scotch proverb says, in" trying to make a spoon spoils a horn," and becomes a mere hanger-on in literature or in science, when he might have been a useful
正如一句苏格兰谚语所说,最糟糕的事情莫过于一个年轻人“在试图取得成功时却惨遭失败”,也许他本来可以在其它行业中成为一个有用和有价值的社会成员的,如今却成为文学或科学领域中的一个附庸之人。 - Locals have named the Sydney Harbor Bridge the“ coat hanger” because of its arched shape. If you dare, climb up the131– meter– tall“ coat hanger” on a guided tour.
被当地人笑称的悉尼海港大桥为“凉衣架”,是因为它的外表呈弓形状。如果你没有恐高症,在导游的引领下,攀爬上131米高的“凉衣架”饱览悉尼海港的风景,真是美不胜收。
hanger-onhangers-on[ noun ]
someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along
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Hanger-on \Hang"er-on`\ (-[o^]n`), n.; pl. {Hangers-on}
(-[~e]rz-[o^]n`).
One who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service;
a dependent; one who adheres to others' society longer than
he is wanted. --Goldsmith.
- The nasty, manipulative hack and hanger-on becomes more than an amusing contemptible devil; minor characters suddenly become major; depths of feeling and of more than social peril loom.