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be anorexic
形容词用法，作表语，表示“患有神经性厌食症的”或“病态消瘦的”。
After the illness, she was anorexic for nearly two years.
生病之后，她患了将近两年厌食症。
厌食的；食欲缺乏的；患神经性厌食症的；病态消瘦的
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
厌食的；食欲缺乏的；患神经性厌食症的；病态消瘦的
suffering from anorexia nervosa; having a pathologically poor appetite and being abnormally thin
After the illness, she was anorexic for nearly two years.
生病之后，她患了将近两年厌食症。
神经性厌食症的；患有神经性厌食症的。
Pertaining to, or suffering from, anorexia nervosa.
瘦的；极瘦的；不充实的。
Thin, skinny, insubstantial.
几乎没有食欲的(多种疾病的一种症状)。
Having very little to no appetite (a symptom that occurs in various diseases).
The clinic provides support for anorexics and their families.
该诊所为厌食症患者及其家人提供支持。
He wrote a novel about a young anorexic struggling to recover.
他写了一部关于一名努力康复的年轻厌食症患者的小说。
Several anorexics in the group shared their experiences.
小组里的几位厌食症患者分享了他们的经历。
形容词用法，作表语，表示“患有神经性厌食症的”或“病态消瘦的”。
After the illness, she was anorexic for nearly two years.
生病之后，她患了将近两年厌食症。
系动词 become 后接形容词，表示从正常状态发展为厌食状态。
Pressure to be thin can cause teenagers to become anorexic.
追求苗条的压力会使青少年患上厌食症。
形容词作定语直接修饰名词。
The clinic treats anorexic teenagers.
这家诊所治疗患有厌食症的青少年。
名词用法，指“患厌食症的人”；复数形式为 anorexics。
An anorexic may not realize how thin she has become.
厌食症患者可能意识不到自己已经变得多么消瘦。
Not this
She has anorexic.
Use this
She has anorexia.
anorexic 是形容词（厌食的）或名词（厌食症患者），不能指疾病本身；表示“厌食症”这个病要用不可数名词 anorexia。
Not this
There are many anorexic in the hospital.
Use this
There are many anorexics in the hospital.
anorexic 作名词表示“厌食症患者”时是可数名词，复数形式为 anorexics；不能把形容词形式直接当复数名词用。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
厌食症患者
The clinic specializes in treating anorexic patients.
这家诊所专门治疗厌食症患者。
厌食倾向
She showed anorexic tendencies in her early teens.
她十三四岁时表现出厌食倾向。
患上厌食症
Under pressure from the fashion industry, she became anorexic.
在时尚行业的压力下，她患上了厌食症。
严重厌食的
The severely anorexic woman was admitted to hospital.
那位严重厌食的女性被送进了医院。
一位年轻厌食症患者
A young anorexic sought help from the nutritionist.
一位年轻厌食症患者向营养师求助。
Use anorexic naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 anorexic 拆成 a + no + rexic，记成“a no”——不吃东西，厌食症患者极端怕胖、拒绝进食而病态消瘦。
语域：mixed 常见场景：medical reports and diagnostic discussions、everyday talk about someone's weight or appearance anorexic 既是形容词也是名词，医学语境中通常作中性描述；日常口语里形容某人非常瘦或指称厌食症患者时，比较直接甚至可能冒犯，更建议说 person with anorexia 等较委婉的说法。
形容词和名词同形；名词复数形式为 anorexics。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.