malinger

英 [mə'lɪŋgə] 美 [mə'lɪŋgɚ]
  • vi. 装病以逃避职责

中文词源


malinger 装病以逃避工作

来自法语malingre,装病,可能来自mal-,坏的,不良的,haingre,虚弱。后引申词义装病以逃避工作。

英文词源


malinger (v.)
1820, from French malingrer "to suffer," perhaps also "pretend to be ill," from malingre "ailing, sickly" (13c.), of uncertain origin, possibly a blend of mingre "sickly, miserable" and malade "ill." Mingre is itself a blend of maigre "meager" + haingre "sick, haggard," possibly from Germanic (compare Middle High German hager "thin"). The sense evolution may be through notion of beggars with sham sores. Related: Malingered; malingering; malingerer (1785).

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