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(diào)和苦惱若無其事, 但是實(shí)際上她是為自己的健康狀況非常發(fā)愁的人.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The valetudinarian alternated two hours of work with one hour of rest.

那個(gè)體弱多病的人每工作兩小時(shí)就要歇一小時(shí)。

辭典例句

He got sick easily since he was young , what a valetudinarian!

他從小就容易生病,是個(gè)病秧子.

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