朋友的生日到了却发现自己的钱已经花得所剩无几,怎么办呢?只好寄希望于其他打算送礼物的人愿不愿意让你加个名字,让你做个gift parasite ——“礼物寄生虫”啦。
Gift parasite is a person who adds their name to a gift tag in order to claim partial credit for giving the gift.
“礼物寄生虫”指的是把名字加在礼物标签上写的送礼人名单里,以便能沾到一点功劳。
Example:
I'm totally broke so I had to be a gift parasite and sign on that present you're giving Grandma.
我彻底没钱了,所以我只能做个“礼物寄生虫”,在你送给奶奶的礼物上加个名字。
(中国日报网英语点津 陈丹妮)