parasitic

1. ADJ Parasitic diseases are caused by parasites. 寄生生物引起的

Will global warming mean the spread of tropical parasitic diseases?

全球變暖將會意味著熱帶寄生蟲病的傳播嗎？

2. ADJ Parasitic animals and plants live on or inside larger animals or plants and get their food from them. 寄生的

...tiny parasitic insects. …微小的寄生昆蟲。

3. ADJ If you describe a person or organization as parasitic, you mean that they get money or other things from people without doing anything in return. 寄生性的[表不滿]

...a parasitic new middle class of consultants and experts. …由顧問和專家組成的新的寄生性的中產(chǎn)階級。