Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #10865
outpatients
门诊病人；非住院病人
outpatients is the plural of outpatient.
核心释义
a patient who receives treatment at a hospital or clinic without being admitted for an overnight stay
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门诊病人；接受非住院治疗的人。
A patient who receives treatment at a hospital or clinic but is not admitted overnight; a receiver of ambulatory care.
门诊病人；接受非住院治疗的人。；门诊病人；[医] 门诊病人
用法In use
The hospital has a separate wing for outpatient services.
用法提示：outpatient作为名词，在句中作定语修饰services，表示门诊的。
Many outpatients prefer to schedule their appointments in the morning.
用法提示：outpatients是outpatient的复数形式，作主语，表示门诊病人群体。
She was treated as an outpatient after the surgery.
用法提示：outpatient作为名词，与介词as连用，表示病人的身份。
be an outpatient at/in [place]
outpatient 是可数名词，指在医院或诊所接受治疗但不住院过夜的患者。
She is an outpatient at the city hospital.
她是市立医院的门诊病人。
as an outpatient
as an outpatient 常与 treat、receive treatment 等搭配，强调不需要住院。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- outpatient department
- 门诊部
- The hospital's outpatient department is usually busiest in the morning.这家医院的门诊部通常在早上最忙。
- outpatient care
- 门诊护理
- Advances in medicine have made outpatient care more common.医学的进步使门诊护理更加普遍。
- outpatient treatment
- 门诊治疗
- He chose outpatient treatment so he could sleep at home.他选择门诊治疗，这样他可以回家睡觉。
- outpatient surgery
- 门诊手术
- After the outpatient surgery, she went home the same day.门诊手术后，她当天就回家了。
- outpatient appointment
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 outpatient 拆成 out + patient：门诊病人看完诊就出去（out）回家，不用住院过夜。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：医院、诊所、医疗保险 outpatient 通常用于医院、诊所等医疗场景，多指不住院、接受门诊治疗的患者；在日常口语中较少使用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 outpatient 词尾 /peɪʃənt/ 押韵的是 patient 和 impatient（重音都在 /peɪ/ 上）。ancient 拼写上也以 -ient 结尾，但读作 /ˈeɪnʃənt/，重音在首音节且有 /n/ 音，所以并不押韵。out、about、shout 的 /aʊt/ 与 outpatient 开头的 out 同音，但它们只构成词首音节，不是整个词的韵脚。
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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