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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。
截肢；切除
amputating — present participle of amputate
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截肢；切除
amputate
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。
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.
amputate
Base
原形
amputates
3rd person
第三人称单数
amputating
-ing
现在分词
amputated
Past
过去式
amputated
Past participle
过去分词
Doctors sometimes amputate a limb to save the patient's life.
医生有时会截肢以挽救病人的生命。
The surgeon amputated his infected finger yesterday.
外科医生昨天截去了他感染的手指。
His leg has been amputated.
他的腿已被截去。
amputate 是规则及物动词，意为“截肢；切除”，常用于医疗语境。
The doctors had to amputate his leg below the knee after the infection spread.
感染扩散后，医生不得不截去他膝盖以下的腿。
If the frostbite gets worse, they may have to amputate several fingers.
如果冻伤恶化，他们可能不得不切除几根手指。
The surgeon explained how to amputate the damaged limb without causing more injury.
外科医生解释了如何在不造成更多损伤的前提下切除受损的肢体。
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。
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。
Not this
The infection was so serious that the doctor had to perform an amputate.
Use this
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。
Not this
The surgeon had to amputate off the soldier's leg.
Use this
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。
Not this
The doctor amputated the patient of his left leg.
Use this
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。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
接受截肢手术；被截肢
He had a limb amputated after the car crash and now uses a prosthetic.
车祸后他被截掉了一条肢体，现在使用假肢。
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amputate 含 'put'，联想 '我把它 put away（处理掉）'→ 截肢、切除。仅助记，非词源。
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。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.