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a person who is receiving medical treatment, especially in a hospital 接受治疗者,病人(尤指医院里的) cancer/AIDS/heart patients 癌症/艾滋病/心脏病患者 critically ill/elderly patients 危重/老年患者 Hospitals are treating more patients than ever before. 医院治疗的病人比以往任何时候都多。 patients receiving/undergoing treatment 接受/正在接受治疗的病人 - patient with something
patients with heart disease 心脏病患者 patient care/safety 病人护理/安全
Extra ExamplesTopics Medicinea2Many patients present with conditions that cannot be easily diagnosed. 许多病人显现出一些无法轻易诊断的症状。 Patients undergoing chemotherapy may be at a higher risk of infection. 接受化疗的患者受感染的风险可能更高。 The patient has a severe heart condition. 这名患者有严重的心脏病。 The patient was admitted to hospital yesterday. 这个病人昨天入的院。 These patients are responding well to the new drug. 这些病人对新药的反应很好。 A high proportion of their lung cancer patients had been heavy smokers. 他们的肺癌患者中有很大一部分是重度吸烟者。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- AIDS
- cancer
- cardiac
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- assess
- examine
- see
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- develop something
- have something
- suffer from something
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- care
- patient with
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a person who receives treatment from a particular doctor, dentist, etc. see also private patient(某个医生或牙医等的)病人 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- AIDS
- cancer
- cardiac
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- assess
- examine
- see
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- develop something
- have something
- suffer from something
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- care
- patient with
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grammar )语法 the person or thing that is affected by the action of the verb. In the sentence ‘I started the car’, the patient is car. compare agent受动者
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin patient- ‘suffering’, from the verb pati.