| 词组 | batten on |
| 释义 | Phr V batten on battens, battening, battened batten on/upon sb literary to live well by using someone else's moneyHe's spent these last five years battening on some rich aunt of his. batten on sb BrE old-fashioned to have a comfortable life or become successful by using or getting someone else's money in an unfair way: Advertising makes people buy things they do not want, enabling huge multinational companies to batten on the working classes.■ SIMILAR TO: sponge off |
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