朋友的生日到了卻發(fā)現自己的錢已經花得所剩無幾,怎么辦呢?只好寄希望于其他打算送禮物的人愿不愿意讓你加個名字,讓你做個gift parasite ——“禮物寄生蟲”啦。
Gift parasite is a person who adds their name to a gift tag in order to claim partial credit for giving the gift.
“禮物寄生蟲”指的是把名字加在禮物標簽上寫的送禮人名單里,以便能沾到一點功勞。
Example:
I'm totally broke so I had to be a gift parasite and sign on that present you're giving Grandma.
我徹底沒錢了,所以我只能做個“禮物寄生蟲”,在你送給奶奶的禮物上加個名字。
(中國日報網英語點津 陳丹妮)