scrounge
vt. 乞討,騙取
If you say that someone scrounges something such as food or money, you disapprove of them because they get it by asking for it, rather than by buying it or earning it.
Williams had to scrounge enough money to get his car out of the car park...
威廉斯不得不討來足夠的錢把車開出停車場。
The government did not give them money, forcing them to scrounge for food.
政府沒有給他們錢,他們只能去要飯。
1. collect or look around for (food)
2. obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling;
on the scrounge
(英)從事乞討騙取(或偷竊)的活動
Don't scrounge my pen without my allowance!
我不允許,你不能擅自拿我的鋼筆用!
If you're on the scrounge again, I've no money.
你要是再想借錢, 我可沒有了.
He was sleeping under old houses and eating what little he could scrounge.
他睡在破舊屋簷下,吃著乞討來的那一丁點東西.
The station director had to scrounge some records.
這樣,電臺臺長就不得不四處尋找唱片來播出.
Can you scrounge up some new furniture?
你能弄到一些新傢俱 嗎 ?