单词	malingerer
释义	malingerma‧lin‧ger /məˈlɪŋɡə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive usually in progressive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINmalinger Origin: 1700-1800 French malingre ‘sick’, from Old French mal ‘badly’ + haingre ‘thin, weak’ Verb Table VERB TABLE malinger Simple Form Present I, you, we, they malinger he, she, it malingers Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they malingered Present perfect I, you, we, they have malingered he, she, it has malingered Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had malingered Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will malinger Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have malingered Continuous Form Present I am malingering he, she, it is malingering you, we, they are malingering Past I, he, she, it was malingering you, we, they were malingering Present perfect I, you, we, they have been malingering he, she, it has been malingering Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been malingering Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be malingering Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been malingering Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES I'm sure he's not malingering. He looked awful when I saw him last night. The report claimed that women may be more likely to malinger than men. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And Carter accused us of malingering. He prescribed a painkiller and suggested she keep busy, then he shooed her away and chided her for malingering. I malinger, making small talk. Oh no, he wasn't malingering. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto not work hard enough► not pull your weight to not do as much work as other people, when you are working in a group or team: · If you think that Alan isn't pulling his weight, you must tell him either to improve or leave.· Of all the people sharing the house with us, only Lizzie didn't pull her weight. ► skive British informal to not do the work that you should be doing, or to be away from your place of work without a good reason: · She says she's been ill for the past week, but I think she's just skiving.skive off (=not be at your place of work): · Harry's going to get into trouble if he keeps skiving off on Friday afternoons. ► goof off American informal to not work when you are supposed to be working: · Hey you two! Quit goofing off and do some work!goof off on the job: · Anyone who does consistently good work doesn't need to worry about occasionally goofing off on the job. ► not do a stroke of work British informal to do no work at all: · The telephone's been ringing and I haven't managed to do a stroke of work yet today.· Duncan found a wealthy woman, married her, and he's never done a stroke of work since! ► slack British informal to deliberately do less work than you should: · She called me into her office and accused me of slacking and taking too many holidays!no slacking (=use this to tell someone to work as hard as possible): · "You start tomorrow at nine," he told them, "and no slacking, or there'll be trouble." ► malinger formal to avoid going to work by pretending to be ill: · I'm sure he's not malingering. He looked awful when I saw him last night.· The report claimed that women may be more likely to malinger than men. to avoid work by pretending to be ill:  He accused Frank of malingering.—malingerer noun [countable]
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