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a patient
可数名词，前面可用不定冠词。
The doctor is examining a patient.
医生正在检查一个病人。
患者；病人
patients — plural of patient
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
患者；病人
A person or animal receiving medical care.
The doctor is examining a patient.
医生正在检查一个病人。
接受医生、护士、牙医、专职医疗人员或其他受过医疗保健教育者提供的医疗保健的人或动物
A person or animal that receives health care from a doctor, nurse, dentist, allied health practitioner, or other person educated in health care.
需要医疗照护的人
a person who requires medical care
语义上处于动词动作接受端的名词或名词短语
The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.
语义角色,指从句中动词所表示事件中不是施事但直接参与或受影响的主体
the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
The doctor asked the patient to describe his symptoms.
医生让病人描述他的症状。
AI contextual example
The nurse checked on the patient every two hours.
护士每两小时查看一次病人。
AI contextual example
A new patient filled out the registration form at the clinic.
一位新病人在诊所填写了登记表。
AI contextual example
the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly
急诊病人的数量迅速增加
WordNet
可数名词，前面可用不定冠词。
The doctor is examining a patient.
医生正在检查一个病人。
表示患有某种疾病的病人。
Patients with diabetes need regular check-ups.
患有糖尿病的病人需要定期检查。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
病人护理
Nurses are responsible for direct patient care.
护士负责直接病人护理。
患者安全
Hospitals must prioritize patient safety at all times.
医院必须始终优先考虑患者安全。
患者权利
Every patient has the right to informed consent.
每位患者都有知情同意的权利。
病史
The doctor reviewed the patient's medical history.
医生回顾了患者的病史。
患者结果
Early diagnosis improves patient outcomes.
早期诊断改善患者结局。
患者就诊
The clinic schedules up to 20 patient visits per day.
该诊所每天安排多达20次患者就诊。
零号病人
The epidemiologist traced the outbreak back to patient zero.
流行病学家将这次疫情追溯到了零号病人。
Use patients naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
利用同形记忆：名词patient（病人）和形容词patient（耐心的）拼写相同，想象病人在医院耐心等待治疗。
通常用于医疗场景，指接受治疗的患者。在语言学中也可指受事者，但较专业。
Only 'impatient' rhymes with 'patient' (both have stressed vowel /eɪ/ and ending /ʃənt/). The other words share the spelling '-ient' but differ in pronunciation: 'ancient' has an extra /n/ before /ʃənt/; 'efficient' and 'sufficient' have stressed vowel /ɪ/; 'quotient' has stressed vowel /oʊ/; 'obedient' uses /diənt/ instead of /ʃənt/.
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.