Word · Frequency #18585
amputating
/ˈæmpjuteit/
verb
截肢；切除
amputating is the present participle of amputate.
核心释义
amputate
- 1.
手术切除身体的一部分,尤指肢体。
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。；切断；删除
用法In use
The doctors had to amputate his leg below the knee after the infection spread.
用法提示：动词amputate表示“截肢”，此处接宾语his leg。
If the frostbite gets worse, they may have to amputate several fingers.
用法提示：amputate在此表示“切除”，是及物动词，宾语为several fingers。
The surgeon explained how to amputate the damaged limb without causing more injury.
用法提示：amputate以不定式形式出现，后接the damaged limb，表示手术切除。
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
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
语法说明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。
发音与拼写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。
用法优先级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。
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