parasitic

parasitaire

Lié aux organismes vivant sur ou dans d’autres êtres vivants, ou aux personnes profitant injustement des autres.

En anglais simple : Connected with a living thing that lives on or inside another, or someone who unfairly depends on others.

• The test found a parasitic infection.
• Scientists studied the insect's parasitic life cycle.
• The novel explores the family's parasitic relationship with its wealthy neighbors.

Expressions courantes : parasitic infection, parasitic disease, parasitic relationship

parasite, parasitaire

Qui vit sur ou dans un autre être vivant et se nourrit à ses dépens.

En anglais simple : Living on or inside another living thing and taking food from it.

• Parasitic worms live inside animals.
• This parasitic plant takes nutrients from a tree.
• Some parasitic insects feed on their hosts' blood.

Expressions courantes : parasitic worm, parasitic plant, parasitic organism

parasite, profiteur

Qui tire de l’argent, du soutien ou d’autres avantages des autres sans rien donner en retour.

En anglais simple : Taking money, support, or other benefits from others without giving anything back.

• Their relationship became parasitic.
• He enjoyed a parasitic lifestyle at his parents' expense.
• The writer attacked wealthy owners for their parasitic behavior.

Synonymes : exploitative, freeloading

Expressions courantes : parasitic relationship, parasitic lifestyle, parasitic class

dépendant, parasitaire

Dont le sens ou l’existence dépend d’une autre idée du même type.

En anglais simple : Depending on another idea of the same kind for its meaning or existence.

• The two concepts have a parasitic relationship.
• His account of error is parasitic on his account of truth.
• The argument's meaning is parasitic on assumptions introduced earlier.

Comment l'utiliser : parasitic on something (This concept is parasitic on an earlier theory of meaning.)

Synonymes : dependent, derivative

Contraires : independent

Expressions courantes : parasitic on something, parasitic concept, parasitic theory

élément parasite

Élément électrique non prévu qui agit sur un circuit sans apparaître sur son schéma.

En anglais simple : An unplanned electrical element that affects a circuit but is not shown in its design drawing.

• The model includes one parasitic.
• These parasitics affect the circuit at high frequencies.
• An unexpected parasitic changed the signal's shape.

Synonymes : parasitic element

Expressions courantes : circuit parasitic, unwanted parasitic, extract a parasitic