Word · Frequency #19944
Fully loadeddeadbeat
/ˈdedˈbiːt/
noun
赖债不还的人
a person who fails to pay money they owe
- 1.
A person who defaults on debts.
拖欠债务的人。
拖欠债务的人。；游手好闲的人；落魄者
In use
He borrowed money from all his friends, but he never paid any of them back; everyone calls him a deadbeat.
The shop stopped letting that deadbeat buy on credit after he missed three payments.
Deadbeats often ignore their bills until the debt collectors start calling.
be a deadbeat
deadbeat 在口语中常含贬义，指拖欠债务或逃避经济责任的人。
He is a deadbeat and never pays back the money he borrows.
他是个赖债不还的人，借了钱从来不还。
call sb a deadbeat
His friends called him a deadbeat for refusing to pay his share.
他的朋友因为他拒绝付自己那份钱而骂他是赖账鬼。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- deadbeat dad
- 赖账的父亲（尤指不付子女抚养费的父亲）
- The judge criticized the deadbeat dad for refusing to pay child support.法官批评了这位拒付子女抚养费的父亲。
- deadbeat parent
- 不履行抚养义务的父母
- Many deadbeat parents hide their income to avoid paying child support.许多不履行抚养义务的父母隐瞒收入以逃避支付子女抚养费。
- deadbeat tenant
- 拖欠房租的房客
- The landlord finally evicted the deadbeat tenant after three months of unpaid rent.在三个月未付房租后，房东终于赶走了这位赖账的房客。
- deadbeat borrower
- 赖债不还的借款人
- The bank refuses to lend money to deadbeat borrowers with a history of default.银行拒绝向有违约记录的赖债不还的借款人放贷。
- deadbeat customer
- 赖账的顾客
- The small store owner installed security cameras to identify deadbeat customers who leave without paying.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
dead（死）+ beat（打）：打死也不还钱的人，就是赖债不还的deadbeat。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：casual conversation、everyday speech deadbeat 作名词时多用于非正式口语，通常指赖账不还或逃避责任的人；在正式写作中比较少见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
deadbeat 读作 /ˈdedbiːt/，结尾 -beat 读 /biːt/。beat、heartbeat、browbeat 和 beet 的结尾读音均为 /biːt/（beet 拼写不同）；meat 是 /miːt/，有相同的 /iːt/ 尾音。注意 bit 拼写接近，但读 /bɪt/，与 /biːt/ 不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.