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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
PresentI, you, we, theymalinger
he, she, itmalingers
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theymalingered
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave malingered
he, she, ithas malingered
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad malingered
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill malinger
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have malingered
Continuous Form
PresentIam malingering
he, she, itis malingering
you, we, theyare malingering
PastI, he, she, itwas malingering
you, we, theywere malingering
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been malingering
he, she, ithas been malingering
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been malingering
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be malingering
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill 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
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.
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.
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.
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!
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."
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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