英语词汇“parasitic”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	parasitic
释义	par·a·sit·ic I. \\|parə\|sid.]ik, -sit], ]ēk also \|per-\ adjective also par·a·sit·i·cal \]ə̇kəl, ]ēk-\ Etymology: Latin parasiticus, from Greek parasitikos, from parasitos parasite + -ikos -ic, -ical — more at parasite 1. a. : having the nature of a parasite : fawning for food or favors : sponging, sycophantic < one stable and independent nation … is worth a dozen parasitic governments that fawn on the United States with simulated affection — M.W.Straight > < a parasitic desire to thrive on the greatness of others — H.W.Haeusermann > b. : dependent but contributing or producing little or nothing < a society in which a small class of wealthy people are parasitic upon the labor of the masses — H.J.Laski > < criticism of literature and art is parasitic and all but futile — Norman Foerster > < parasitic and unproductive occupations like those of stockbrokers, soldiers, philosophers, economists, and most middlemen — Louis Wasserman > < that religion is … intellectually parasitic and not creative — M.R.Cohen > 2. usually parasitic a. : relating to or having the habit of a parasite : living on another organism b. : caused by or resulting from the effects of parasites c. of a bird : laying eggs in the nest of another 3. : of, relating to, or constituting an inorganic sound or its orthographic counterpart developed next to another sound (as a liquid or a nasal) through euphony or to facilitate utterance < the \ə\ in \ˈeləm\ for elm or in \ˈathəˌlēt\ for athlete, the \t\ in \fents\ for fence, and the \b\ and b in \ˈnimbəl\ nimble from Middle English nimel are parasitic > 4. a. : being or relating to undesirable component frequencies; specifically : differing from the fundamental frequency that the equipment is designed to generate < a parasitic elective oscillation > b. : consisting of or caused by eddy currents in any conductor within reach of an alternating-current or rotating magnetic field < parasitic loss in an induction motor > c. : being part of a radio antenna detached from the main conductor • par·a·sit·i·cal·ly \]ə̇k(ə)lē, ]ēk, -li\ adverb II. noun (-s) : a parasitic current or oscillation
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