malinger

verb

/məˈlɪŋɡə(r)/

/məˈlɪŋɡər/

(usually be malingering)

[intransitive] (disapproving)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they malinger	/məˈlɪŋɡə(r)/ /məˈlɪŋɡər/
he / she / it malingers	/məˈlɪŋɡəz/ /məˈlɪŋɡərz/
past simple malingered	/məˈlɪŋɡəd/ /məˈlɪŋɡərd/
past participle malingered	/məˈlɪŋɡəd/ /məˈlɪŋɡərd/
-ing form malingering	/məˈlɪŋɡərɪŋ/ /məˈlɪŋɡərɪŋ/

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to pretend to be ill, especially in order to avoid work装病（尤指为逃避工作）
Word Originearly 19th cent.: back-formation from malingerer, apparently from French malingre, perhaps formed as mal- ‘wrongly’ + haingre ‘weak’, probably of Germanic origin.

BNC: 44875 COCA: 0

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