| 词汇 | panhandler |
| 释义 | panhandler noun[ C ] USinformaluk /ˈpænˌhænd.lər/ us /ˈpænˌhænd.lɚ/ someone who asks people passing by for money: 乞丐 Tourists have been warned not to give these panhandlers spare change.游客已被警告不要给这些乞丐零钱。 Every day she passes street corners where panhandlers beg.每天她都会经过乞丐乞讨的几个街角。 See panhandle The new law has driven out most aggressive panhandlers. The government is concerned over increasing numbers of young panhandlers. They have advised citizens not to give cash to panhandlers. Examples of panhandlerpanhandler Many panhandlers passively ask for money or hold a sign. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 2007, a coalition of businesses, social service providers, downtown residents and police launched a campaign urging people to refrain from giving money to panhandlers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Among his other roles he played a panhandler and a private detective. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Despite the stereotype, not all homeless people panhandle, and not all panhandlers are homeless. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There are reports of panhandlers like elsewhere in the city. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. During the campaign, he criticized another council candidate (in a different ward) for proposing to jail panhandlers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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