a free ride

基本解释

In the past, the homeless were offered a free ride to one of the city’s warehouse-like shelters.
在过去，有免费的车辆把无家可归者送到城市里类似仓库的避难所。
Hackers view this "feature" as a free ride on the XMLmobile, waving at the firewall sentries as they happily pass by.
黑客将这种“特性”看作 XML 提供的免费服务，他们可以利用这种特性轻松地通过防火墙。
And perhaps more importantly, nobody is really getting a free ride – at least in principle.
或许更重要的是，双方都付出了代价，没人可以免费搭便车——至少在原则上是这样。

He had a free ride while the rest of us struggled to make ends meet.
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an opportunity or advantage that someone gets without having done anything to deserve it