英语词汇“malinger”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

When you malinger, you pretend to be sick. If you ever claimed to have a stomach ache in order to stay home from school, you know what it means to malinger.

The word malinger comes from the French malingre, which can mean "ailing or sickly," but its exact origin is uncertain. One theory says that mal, or "wrongly," suggests the sick person is just faking. Lying about a stomach ache, holding the thermometer near a light bulb, refusing to get out of bed, moaning — these are classic tactics of those who malinger, or pretend to be too sick to do anything but lie around the house.

WORD FAMILY

malinger: malingered, malingerer, malingering, malingers+/malingerer: malingerers

USAGE EXAMPLES

At one point that, Dr. Frumkin said that Mr. Hernandez was “not bright enough to malinger subtle features of a severe mental disorder.”

New York Times(Dec 21, 2016)

Carbon will keep malingering in the global commons called the atmosphere.

Seattle Times(Nov 12, 2016)

Several times his officers looked closely at him for malingering, but no charge was brought.

John Steinbeck, East of Eden(1952)

v avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill

Syn|Hyper

skulk

fiddle, goldbrick, shirk, shrink from

avoid (one's assigned duties)

单词	malinger
释义	malinger (once / 21888 pages) v When you malinger, you pretend to be sick. If you ever claimed to have a stomach ache in order to stay home from school, you know what it means to malinger. The word malinger comes from the French malingre, which can mean "ailing or sickly," but its exact origin is uncertain. One theory says that mal, or "wrongly," suggests the sick person is just faking. Lying about a stomach ache, holding the thermometer near a light bulb, refusing to get out of bed, moaning — these are classic tactics of those who malinger, or pretend to be too sick to do anything but lie around the house. WORD FAMILY malinger: malingered, malingerer, malingering, malingers+/malingerer: malingerers USAGE EXAMPLES At one point that, Dr. Frumkin said that Mr. Hernandez was “not bright enough to malinger subtle features of a severe mental disorder.” New York Times(Dec 21, 2016) Carbon will keep malingering in the global commons called the atmosphere. Seattle Times(Nov 12, 2016) Several times his officers looked closely at him for malingering, but no charge was brought. John Steinbeck, East of Eden(1952) v avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill Syn\|Hyper skulk fiddle, goldbrick, shirk, shrink from avoid (one's assigned duties)
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