valetudinarian
英 [,vælɪtjuːdɪ'neərɪən]
美 ['vælə,tjʊdn'ɛrɪən]
- adj. 虛弱的；有病的；過分擔心健康的
- n. 體弱多病的人；過分擔心自己健康的人
助記提示
1、vale- "be strong" + -tudin- "abstract noun suffix" + -arian(複合後綴：-ary, -an).
2、字麵含義：state of health. <= valetudo / valetude.
3、引申為：過分擔心健康的，過分擔心健康的人。
4、也就是：過於關注自己的身體狀況，對自己的身體狀況太過敏感。
英文詞源
- valetudinarian (n.)
- "one who is constantly concerned with his own ailments," 1703, from valetudinary (1580s), from Latin valetudinarius, from valetudo "state of health" (either good or bad), from valere "be strong" (see valiant) + -tudo, abstract noun suffix (see -tude). Valetudinary (adj.) "sickly" is recorded from 1580s.
雙語例句
- 1. She affected to be spunky about her ailments and afflictions, but she was in fact an utterly self - centered valetudinarian.
- 她裝做對自己的失調和苦惱若無其事, 但是實際上她是為自己的健康狀況非常發愁的人.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The valetudinarian alternated two hours of work with one hour of rest.
- 那個體弱多病的人每工作兩小時就要歇一小時。
來自辭典例句
- 3. He got sick easily since he was young , what a valetudinarian!
- 他從小就容易生病,是個病秧子.
來自互聯網