malinger

• vi. 装病以逃避职责

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

She was told by her doctor that she was malingering.

医生告诉她，她这是在装病。

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They developed a test to detect malingering.

他们设计了一个测试来侦测诈病行为.

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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。

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).