"malingerers" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 装病的人
• 装懒做事的人

Definition

假装生病或受伤的人，尤其是为了逃避工作或责任。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多为贬义，用于批评假装生病逃避工作的人。常见于职场或正式语境。与懒人不同，强调装病而非仅仅偷懒。

Examples

The manager warned the malingerers in the office to stop pretending to be sick.

经理警告办公室里的**装病的人**不要再假装生病。

Some students are known to be malingerers to skip difficult tests.

有些学生是出了名的**装病的人**，为了逃避难考。

Hospitals sometimes struggle to identify real patients from malingerers.

医院有时候难以分辨真正的病人和**装病的人**。

You can always spot malingerers—they're never sick when there's a party.

你总能认出**装病的人**——有聚会的时候他们从不生病。

Last year, the company fired several malingerers after repeated complaints from coworkers.

去年，公司在同事多次投诉后解雇了几名**装病的人**。

Teachers know all the tricks that malingerers use to avoid schoolwork.

老师们知道**装病的人**会用哪些花招逃避作业。