Free ride
01
免费搭车, 搭便车者
a benefit that is obtained at the cost or with the effort of another person
Disapproving
Idiom
Informal
例子
A group of students who have been assigned to do a report where only one student cares, does all the work and the others go along for a free ride.
一组学生被分配去做一份报告，其中只有一个学生关心，做了所有的工作，而其他人则搭便车。
Only those who share the work can share the benefits - nobody gets a free ride!
只有那些分担工作的人才能分享利益 - 没有人能得到免费搭便车！
02
免费搭车, 优待处理
a soft treatment that does not require someone to face the consequences of their actions
IdiomInformal例子
Generally speaking, the press has given Jacobson a free ride.
总的来说，媒体给了雅各布森一个免费通行证。
No one has seriously examined the president ’s trade policy – he ’s gotten a free ride so far.
没有人认真审查过总统的贸易政策——到目前为止，他一直享受着免费通行。
