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sickie
noun
UKinformaluk /ˈsɪk.i/ us /ˈsɪk.i/
throw a sickie
to say to your employer that you are ill when you are not so that you do not have to go to your place of work for a day: 称病缺勤；假病假
I just didn't feel like work so I threw a sickie.我不想去上班所以就称病缺勤一天。
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sickie | Business English
sickie
noun[ C ]
WORKPLACE UKinformaluk /ˈsɪki/us
a day when a worker says they are ill when they are not, in order to stay at home and not go to work:
pull/throw/take a sickieI pulled a sickie and went to see a film.
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