a large building where people who are ill or injured are given medical treatment and care 医院 - to/into (the) hospital (British English)
He had to go to/into hospital for treatment. 他必须去医院接受治疗。 - (North American English)
He had to go to/into the hospital for treatment. 他必须去医院接受治疗。 I'm going to the hospital to visit my brother. 我要去医院探望我弟弟。 to be admitted to/into (the) hospital 住进医院 Arrangements have been made for his admission to (the) hospital. 已经为他入院做了安排。 He's been taken to (the) hospital for tests. 他被送进医院做检查。 The injured were rushed to (the) hospital in an ambulance. 救护车把伤员火速送往医院。 to leave (the) hospital 离开医院 to be discharged/released from (the) hospital 出院/出院 to visit a hospital 参观医院 - in (the) hospital
He died in hospital. 他在医院里去世。 He was treated in the hospital for burns. 他因烧伤在医院接受治疗。 I spent four days in hospital. 我在医院呆了四天。 I was in the hospital for four days. 我在医院住了四天。 - in a hospital
She works in a hospital in New York. 她在纽约的一家医院工作。 - out of (the) hospital
She came out of the hospital this morning. 她今天上午出院了。 - at a hospital
Doctors at the hospital decided to keep her in overnight. 医院的医生决定让她住院过夜。 a private/local hospital 私立/当地医院 a psychiatric/mental hospital 精神病院 a children's hospital 儿童医院 The procedure requires a two-to-three-night hospital stay. 手术需要住院两到三个晚上。 There is an urgent need for more hospital beds. 医院床位急需增加。 hospital admissions 住院人数 hospital staff 房屋购买 a hospital ward/room 医院病房/房间 hospital treatment/care 医院治疗/护理
British/American hospitalhospitalsee also community hospital, cottage hospital, teaching hospital- In British English you say to hospital or in hospital when you talk about somebody being there as a patient:
I had to go to hospital. 我得去医院看病。 She spent two weeks in hospital 她住院两周。
- In North American English you need to use the:
I had to go to the hospital. 我得去医院看病。 She spent two weeks in the hospital. 她住院两周。
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsa1, Medicinea1He has been readmitted to hospital. 他再次住院。 He is in hospital recovering from a heart operation. 他做了心脏手术, 正在住院恢复。 He was taken to hospital as a precaution. 为预防起见把他送进了医院。 He's had to go into hospital rather suddenly. 他突然须要住进医院。 How long will I have to stay in hospital? 我要住院多久? I used to work as a cleaner in a hospital. 我过去在医院里做清洁工。 She works at the John Radcliffe Hospital. 她在约翰・拉德克利夫医院工作。 We went to the hospital to visit my gran. 我们去医院探望奶奶。 He was admitted to hospital complaining of chest pains. 他因胸部疼痛被接收入院。 She was discharged from hospital and allowed to go home. 她获准出院回家。 There is a shortage of hospital beds. 医院床位短缺。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- community
- district
- local
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- go into
- go to
- rush somebody to
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- administrator
- doctor
- staff
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- at a/the hospital
- in (a/the) hospital
- to (a/the) hospital
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- admission to hospital
- admission to the hospital
- a stay in hospital
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Word OriginMiddle English (originally meaning a hospice run by the Knights Hospitallers in the 11th century): via Old French from medieval Latin hospitale, neuter of Latin hospitalis ‘hospitable’, from hospes, hospit- ‘host, guest’.- to/into (the) hospital (British English)