scrounge

verb

1. 白要；白拿
   to get sth from sb by asking them for it rather than by paying for it
   1. He's always scrounging free meals off us.
      他老来我们家蹭饭吃。
   2. What is she scrounging for this time?
      这次她又来要什么？

noun

noun

1. VERB 乞讨;索要
   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.
   1. Williams had to scrounge enough money to get his car out of the car park...
      威廉斯不得不讨来足够的钱把车开出停车场。
   2. The government did not give them money, forcing them to scrounge for food.
      政府没有给他们钱，他们只能去要饭。

1. Williams had to scrounge enough money to get his car out of the car park
   威廉斯不得不讨来足够的钱把车开出停车场。
2. The government did not give them money, forcing them to scrounge for food.
   政府没有给他们钱，他们只能去要饭。
3. The station director had to scrounge some records.
   这样，电台台长就不得不四处寻找唱片来播出。
4. Maybe you scrounge through the hamper to find a shirt that's not too wrinkled and you slide into your chair just as the clock strikes eight.
   也许，你会从一堆衣服里找一件不算太皱的衬衫，刚好在早晨八点钟敲响时，屁股坐到位子上。
5. He arrived home one day and told his young sons, 'Boys, we've lost it all; we're ruined.' Templeton worked odd jobs to scrounge his way through college and graduate school.
   有一天，他回家告诉年幼的儿子们：孩子们，我们赔光了；我们破产了。邓普顿靠打零工挣钱，艰难读完大学和研究生。
6. I managed to scrounge the materials to build a shed.
   我设法弄来点材料搭个棚子。
7. Can I scrounge a bandage from your aid kit, sir?
   我可以从你医药箱里借条绷带吗，长官？
8. Sure, you can likely scrounge together some visits and show some growth but you won't build direct traffic or a direct audience through it.
   当然你可以四处搜寻访客，访客也因此得到增加，但是由此不会形成直接的访问流量，也不会形成固定的访客群。
9. Not the homeless who scrounge for bits of metal.
   可不是那些捡拾废弃金属的无家可归者。
10. I haven't gone shopping but I'm sure I can scrounge up something for dinner.
    我没有去购物，但我可以用现成的东西凑成一顿饭。
11. Could you scrounge me uPA bucket?
    你能帮我找个桶来么？
12. I have a change of clothes, a blanket, and a sheet that three of you can use until I can scrounge up some real clothes.
    我有一些备用衣服，一条毛毯，一条被单，你们可以暂时用一下，我去找一些衣服来。
13. So instead I scrounge the odd game here and there, occasionally persuading a friend to take out the pieces.
    因此我只得四处讨棋下，有时候说服朋友带棋出来玩。
14. That's a nice change of pace from life in the Thar, where sizzling heat and scant moisture make survival a challenge, and the monkeys must scrounge for plants and occasional insects to eat.
    与在塔尔沙漠的生活步伐相比，这是一个不错的变化。在塔尔，火热热的气候和缺乏足够的水分使得生存成为一个挑战，猴子们必须搜寻植物和偶然出现的昆虫为食。
15. Desperate people travel for hours on foot to scrounge through the garbage daily to find scrap metal or bottles they can sell to recyclers or garments and toys they can repair and sell in a market.
    贫困的人们每天步行数小时，到垃圾场搜集废金属卖给废品回收站，修补从垃圾场里捡来的破旧衣物和玩具并送到集市上卖。
16. He tried to scrounge some money off me for his bus fare.
    他想从我这儿讨些钱买车票。
17. He was sleeping under old houses and eating what little he could scrounge.
    他睡在破旧屋檐下，吃着乞讨来的那一丁点东西。
18. I get emails from people I haven't heard from in years asking me how I'm doing and then asking if I can scrounge them some ground passes.
    有些好几年都没联系的人给我写E-mail问我近来怎样，然后就开口问我有没有场地通行证。
19. We had to scrounge a bit for the wheels because they seem to be popular for yard ornaments.
    我们必须攒够一个车轮位，因为他们似乎对码饰品流行。
20. A handful of displaced residents were allowed in to scrounge through rubble for their belongings.
    少数已迁移的居民被允许进入，到废墟中搜寻他们的财物。

n.

on the scrounge

• 讨要；索要
  trying to get sth by persuading sb to give it to you

verb

1. collect or look around for (food)

   Synonym:    forage

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

   Synonym:    schnorrshnorrcadge