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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。
赖债不还的人
deadbeats — plural of deadbeat
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
赖债不还的人
a person who fails to pay money they owe
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。
拖欠债务的人。
A person who defaults on debts.
He borrowed money from all his friends, but he never paid any of them back; everyone calls him a deadbeat.
他向所有朋友借了钱，却从不还给他们；大家都叫他赖债不还的人。
The shop stopped letting that deadbeat buy on credit after he missed three payments.
那家商店在连续三个月未付款后，就不再让那个赖债不还的人赊账了。
Deadbeats often ignore their bills until the debt collectors start calling.
赖债不还的人常常忽视账单，直到讨债人开始打电话来。
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。
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。
Not this
He is deadbeat.
Use this
He is a deadbeat.
表示“赖债不还的人”时，deadbeat 是单数可数名词，前面必须加 a；不要因为中文“他是赖账的”而把它当形容词、省略冠词。
Not this
He deadbeats.
Use this
He is a deadbeat.
中文“赖账”是动词，但 deadbeat 是名词，不能直接作谓语；要表达“他是赖账的人”，需要用 be + a deadbeat。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
赖账的顾客
The small store owner installed security cameras to identify deadbeat customers who leave without paying.
小店老板安装了监控摄像头，以识别不付钱就离开的赖账顾客。
不支付子女抚养费的父亲；不负责任的父亲
He was labeled a deadbeat dad for not paying child support.
他因不支付子女抚养费而被称为不负责任的父亲。
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The chorus of Green Day's 2000 song 'Deadbeat Holiday' criticizes and also pokes fun at a lifestyle of avoiding work and responsibility.
这是绿日乐队2000年歌曲《Deadbeat Holiday》的副歌，既批判又调侃了一种逃避工作、不负责任的生活方式。
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dead（死）+ beat（打）：打死也不还钱的人，就是赖债不还的deadbeat。
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。
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。
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