valetudinarian
英 [,vælɪtjuːdɪ'neərɪən]
美 ['vælə,tjʊdn'ɛrɪən]
- adj.虚弱；病弱；健康を過度に心配する
- n.虚弱で病弱な人；健康を過度に心配する人
英語の語源
- 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.
例文
- 1. She affected to be spunky about her ailments and affictions，but she was in fact an utterly self-centered valetudinarian .
- 彼女は自分の不調や悩みに平気なふりをしているが、実は彼女は自分の健康状態に非常に困っている人だ。
- 2.The valetudinarian alternated two hours of work with one hour of rest.
- その病弱な人は2時間働くごとに1時間休みます。
- 3.He got sick easily since he was young，what a valetudinarian ！
- 彼は小さい頃から病気がちで、病気の苗だった。
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