linger

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【词性】：v．

【释义】：

❶ 苟延；拖延❷ 逗留，徘徊，缠绵不去❸ 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。