spongers

美 [ˈspʌndʒər] 　英 [ˈspʌndʒə(r)]

n.	1. 用海绵擦洗的人 2. 海绵采集人;海绵采集船 3. 寄生食客,依赖他人生活的人,吸血鬼;寄生虫

n.	1. someone who asks for money and other things from someone such as a friend or relative and makes no effort to give them anything or to pay for anything themselves

But they don't want their names known by a wider audience which, they think, will accuse them of being ~~spongers~~.

但他们不愿更多人知道他们的名字，他们觉得有些人会谴责他们是寄生虫。