be a hanger-on
常用于描述依附于某人或某群体的人。
He is just a hanger-on at the company.
他只是公司里的一个依附者。
攀附者；纠缠不休的追随者
依附于某人、某地或某项服务的人；食客,追随者。；依附他人者；食客随从；奉迎者
a person who stays close to or follows someone persistently, often for personal advantage and in an annoying way
依附于某人、某地或某项服务的人；食客,追随者。
Someone who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service.
纠缠不休的追随者
someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along
The celebrity was tired of the hangers-on who only wanted his money.
这位名人厌倦了那些只想要他钱的依附者。
用法提示：hanger-on 用作名词，指那些为了利益而依附名人的奉迎者。
A few hangers-on followed the rock band from city to city, hoping for free tickets.
几个食客随从跟着摇滚乐队从一个城市到另一个城市，希望得到免费门票。
用法提示：hanger-on 复数形式 hangers-on，指跟随乐队蹭吃蹭喝的人。
He was just a hanger-on at the gallery, never creating art himself.
他在画廊里只是个依附者，自己从不创作艺术。
用法提示：hanger-on 指在艺术圈中不事创作、只靠他人混日子的人。
常用于描述依附于某人或某群体的人。
He is just a hanger-on at the company.
他只是公司里的一个依附者。
表示某人的依附者，用of或to。
The celebrity was surrounded by hangers-on of all sorts.
那位名人被各种食客随从包围。
复数形式通常指一群依附者。
The party was filled with hangers-on who didn't know the host.
派对上挤满了不认识主人的攀附者。
grammar · medium
易错句子He hangers-on to his rich uncle.
正确表达He is a hanger-on to his rich uncle.
hanger-on 是名词，不能用作动词。应使用系动词 be 加名词结构表示身份。
grammar · medium
易错句子There were many hanger-ons at the concert.
正确表达There were many hangers-on at the concert.
复合名词 hanger-on 的复数形式应为 hangers-on，即主体词 hanger 加复数后缀，而非在末尾加 s。
hanger指挂衣物的架子，而hanger-on指依附他人者，两者拼写相似但意义不同。
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