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patient

noun
 
🔊/ˈpeɪʃnt/
🔊/ˈpeɪʃnt/
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  1.  
     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重症/老年患者
    • Hospitals are treating more patients than ever before.医院正在治疗比以往更多的患者。
    • patients receiving/undergoing treatment接受/接受治疗的患者
    • patient with something patients with heart disease心脏病患者
    • patient care/safety病人护理/安全
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    • Many 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吸烟者。
    Topics Medicinea2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • AIDS
    • cancer
    • cardiac
    • …
    verb + patient
    • assess
    • examine
    • see
    • …
    patient + verb
    • develop something
    • have something
    • suffer from something
    • …
    patient + noun
    • care
    preposition
    • patient with
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  2.  
     a person who receives treatment from a particular doctor, dentist, etc.（某个医生或牙医等的）病人
    • He's one of Dr Shaw's patients.他是肖医生的病人之一。🔊🔊
    • He only takes private patients.他只收治自费病人。
    see also private patient
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • AIDS
    • cancer
    • cardiac
    • …
    verb + patient
    • assess
    • examine
    • see
    • …
    patient + verb
    • develop something
    • have something
    • suffer from something
    • …
    patient + noun
    • care
    preposition
    • patient with
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  3. (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受动者. compare agent
    4. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin patient- ‘suffering’, from the verb pati.

patient

adjective
 
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  1. able to wait for a long time or accept annoying behaviour or difficulties without becoming angry有耐心的；能忍耐的
    • You'll just have to be patient and wait till I'm finished.你只能耐心点儿，等我把事情做完。🔊🔊
    • to be endlessly/infinitely/incredibly patient无限/无限/难以置信的耐心
    • patient with somebody/something She's very patient with young children.她对幼儿特别有耐心。🔊🔊
    Topics Personal qualitiesb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • sound
    • remain
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • about
    • with
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin patient- ‘suffering’, from the verb pati.