Word · Frequency #18585
amputate
截肢；切除
amputate
- 1.
To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb.
手术切除身体的一部分,尤指肢体。
手术切除身体的一部分,尤指肢体。；切断；删除
In use
The doctors had to amputate his leg below the knee after the infection spread.
If the frostbite gets worse, they may have to amputate several fingers.
The surgeon explained how to amputate the damaged limb without causing more injury.
amputate sth
宾语通常是被切除的身体部位（如腿、手指），而不是患者本人。
Surgeons had to amputate his right leg below the knee.
外科医生不得不截去他膝盖以下的右腿。
amputate sth from sth
The infection was so severe that the surgeons amputated three toes from her left foot.
感染非常严重，外科医生截去了她左脚的三根脚趾。
Verb forms
base amputate · third person amputates · -ing amputating · past amputated · past participle amputated
amputate 是规则及物动词，意为“截肢；切除”，常用于医疗语境。
Common mistakes
The infection was so serious that the doctor had to perform an amputate.The infection was so serious that the doctor had to perform an amputation.
amputate 是动词，不能作名词；表示“截肢手术”应用名词 amputation。
The surgeon had to amputate off the soldier's leg.The surgeon had to amputate the soldier's leg.
amputate 本身已含“切除、截去”之意，后面不要再加 off，否则语义重复。
The doctor amputated the patient of his left leg.The doctor amputated the patient's left leg.
amputate 的直接宾语应是身体部位，用名词所有格修饰即可，不能用 deprive sb of sth 的 of 结构。
Connections
Collocations
- amputate a limb
- 截肢；切除肢体
- The infection was so severe that the surgeon had to amputate a limb to save the patient's life.感染非常严重，外科医生不得不切除一条肢体以挽救病人的生命。
- amputate a leg
- 截掉一条腿
- Doctors decided to amputate his leg because the bone was completely shattered.医生们决定截掉他的腿，因为骨头已经彻底碎了。
- amputate an arm
- 截掉一条手臂
- The doctors had to amputate her arm to prevent the spread of gangrene.医生们不得不截掉她的手臂，以防止坏疽扩散。
- amputate a finger
- 截掉一根手指
- The patient asked the doctor to amputate the finger rather than endure months of therapy.病人要求医生截掉那根手指，而不是忍受数月的治疗。
- amputate a toe
- 截掉一根脚趾
- People with diabetes sometimes need to amputate a toe when an ulcer fails to heal.糖尿病患者有时在溃疡无法愈合时需要截掉一根脚趾。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
amputate 含 'put'，联想 '我把它 put away（处理掉）'→ 截肢、切除。仅助记，非词源。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：医疗记录、新闻报道 amputate 通常用于医疗或正式语境，指通过手术切除肢体；日常口语中更常说 cut off。
Grammar Note
用作及物动词时，宾语常为身体部位；也可用于比喻义，表示删除或去除。
Pronunciation & Spelling
amputate /ˈæmpjuteɪt/ 的重音在第一个音节，这些以 -tate 结尾的词都与它不押韵，只能算拼写上的相似词，读音并不相同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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