linger

出处：按学科分类—医药、卫生 天津大学出版社《汉英英汉中医大辞典》第1008页（507字）

【词性】：v．

【释义】：

①苟延；拖延②逗留，徘徊，缠绵不去③慢慢地挨过(时间等)

a lingering disease缠绵的病

a morbid condition characterized by lingering headache厥逆

linger out one’s life苟延残喘

suffer from lingering kidney disease久患肾病

The patient lingered out several more years．病人又挨过了好几年。

During qigoing dirigation mindwill cannot linger in the upper part of the body．练功时不能把意念停留在上部。