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parasitic adj.寄生的；由寄生虫引起的；靠他人为生的=parasitical. (1) 槲寄生是寄生在树上的植物。(2) 孢子体是寄生在配子体上的。(3) 两亿多人口遭受着这种寄生蠕虫引起的疾病。(4) 他靠向友人借贷过寄生生活. By their nature, ticks, leeches, and lice are all parasitic; they live off their hosts. You can also use the word parasitic more metaphorically, to describe a person who takes without giving anything in return. A thirty year-old man who lives with his mother, eating her food and not paying rent, could be described as parasitic, since he survives by sponging off another person. Parasitic comes from the Greek word parasitos, "eating at another's table."

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英 [ˌpærə'sɪtɪk] 美 [ˌpærə'sɪtɪk] (1) The mistletoe plant is a parasite on trees.(2) The sporogonium is parasitic on the gametophyte generation.(3) More than two hundred million people suffer from this parasitic worm disease.(4) He lives a parasitic existence by borrowing money from his friends. The adjective parasitic is mainly a scientific term for talking about an organism that lives on a host, taking what it needs to stay alive while often injuring the host. 1[ADJ 形容词]（病）寄生虫引起的，寄生物引起的 Parasitic diseases are caused by parasites.   [usu ADJ n]Will global warming mean the spread of tropical parasitic diseases?全球变暖是否意味着热带寄生虫病会蔓延呢？2[ADJ 形容词]（动植物）寄生的 Parasitic animals and plants live on or inside larger animals or plants and get their food from them.   [usu ADJ n]...tiny parasitic insects.微小的寄生昆虫3[ADJ 形容词]（人或组织）依赖他人过活的，寄生虫似的 If you describe a person or organization as parasitic, you mean that they get money or other things from people without doing anything in return.   [disapproval]

英语单词	parasitic
英美音标	英 [ˌpærə'sɪtɪk] 美 [ˌpærə'sɪtɪk]
中文释义	adj.寄生的；由寄生虫引起的；靠他人为生的 =parasitical.
英语例句	(1) The mistletoe plant is a parasite on trees. (2) The sporogonium is parasitic on the gametophyte generation. (3) More than two hundred million people suffer from this parasitic worm disease. (4) He lives a parasitic existence by borrowing money from his friends.
中文例句	(1) 槲寄生是寄生在树上的植物。 (2) 孢子体是寄生在配子体上的。 (3) 两亿多人口遭受着这种寄生蠕虫引起的疾病。 (4) 他靠向友人借贷过寄生生活.
vocabulary简明	The adjective parasitic is mainly a scientific term for talking about an organism that lives on a host, taking what it needs to stay alive while often injuring the host.
vocabulary扩展	By their nature, ticks, leeches, and lice are all parasitic; they live off their hosts. You can also use the word parasitic more metaphorically, to describe a person who takes without giving anything in return. A thirty year-old man who lives with his mother, eating her food and not paying rent, could be described as parasitic, since he survives by sponging off another person. Parasitic comes from the Greek word parasitos, "eating at another's table."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]（病）寄生虫引起的，寄生物引起的 Parasitic diseases are caused by parasites. [usu ADJ n] Will global warming mean the spread of tropical parasitic diseases? 全球变暖是否意味着热带寄生虫病会蔓延呢？ 2 [ADJ 形容词]（动植物）寄生的 Parasitic animals and plants live on or inside larger animals or plants and get their food from them. [usu ADJ n] ...tiny parasitic insects. 微小的寄生昆虫 3 [ADJ 形容词]（人或组织）依赖他人过活的，寄生虫似的 If you describe a person or organization as parasitic, you mean that they get money or other things from people without doing anything in return. [disapproval]

Parasitic Lives Adj 形容词 People Money Word Describe