parasite
英 [ˈpærəsaɪt]
美 [ˈpærəsaɪt]
n. 寄生生物; 寄生虫; 寄生植物; 依赖他人过活者
复数：parasites
Collins.1 / BNC.7277 / COCA.8481
牛津词典
noun
- 寄生生物；寄生虫；寄生植物
a small animal or plant that lives on or inside another animal or plant and gets its food from it - 寄生虫；依赖他人过活者
a person who always relies on or benefits from other people and gives nothing back
柯林斯词典
- 寄生虫；寄生物
Aparasiteis a small animal or plant that lives on or inside a larger animal or plant, and gets its food from it. - 不劳而获者；寄生虫
If you disapprove of someone because you think that they get money or other things from other people but do not do anything in return, you can call them aparasite.
英英释义
noun
- an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant)
- a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
双语例句
- This meeting is the only international meeting that addresses the development of drugs to treat and prevent parasite infections.
这次会议是唯一的一个国际会议，解决了一药物的发展，以治疗或预防寄生虫感染。 - The insect can carry a parasite that infects the central nervous system.
其携带的寄生虫能感染中枢神经系统。 - The lazy man was a parasite on his family.
那懒汉是家里的寄生虫。 - But parasite and toxin in the soil also can cause fatal influence to the human body.
不过，泥土中的寄生虫和毒素也会对-人体产生致命影响。 - The study is aimed at developing a new vaccine for the East Coast fever parasite.
这项研究的目的是开发一个新的东海岸热寄生虫疫苗。 - The animals become infected when they get bitten by ticks carrying the parasite that causes the disease.
当牛被携带了可以导致该疾病的寄生虫的蜱虫叮咬后就会感染。 - People become infected when they are bitten by mosquitoes carrying the malaria parasite.
当人们被携带疟疾寄生虫的蚊子叮咬就会被传染。 - Winds and rain spread the parasite.
风和雨都能传播寄生虫。 - Israeli researchers say they have developed a substance that attracts and kills mosquitoes infected with the malaria parasite.
以色列研究人员称他们研制出了一种新的物质，能够吸引并消灭感染了疟原虫的蚊子。 - Previous studies of interactions between parasitic worms and the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum have come to varying conclusions.
此前关于寄生虫和恶性疟原虫之间相互作用的研究得出了迥异的结果。