Word · Frequency #5211
referral
转介；转诊；推荐
the act of sending someone or something to another person, place, or agency for help or action
- 1.
The act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of sending by reference, or referring.
将某人或某物转交给他人,或通过引荐、参照而转送的行为或过程。
- 2.
a person whose case has been referred to a specialist or professional group
被转介至专家或专业团体的人
- 3.
a recommendation to consult the (professional) person or group to whom one has been referred
咨询被转介对象的建议
- 4.
the act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency)
转介(如将求职者转给雇主或将事项转给相关机构)
转诊建议；推荐；介绍；被转介者；转诊病人；将某人或某物转交给他人,或通过引荐、参照而转送的行为或过程。；被转介至专家或专业团体的人；咨询被转介对象的建议
In use
My doctor gave me a referral to a skin specialist.
She got the job interview through a referral from a former colleague.
The app gives you a reward for each successful referral.
the patient is a referral from Dr. Bones
the insurance company says that you need a written referral from your physician before seeing a specialist
make a referral
The doctor made a referral to a specialist.
医生将病人转诊给专家。
referral to sb/sth
Connections
Collocations
- make a referral
- 进行转诊
- Your doctor can make a referral to a specialist.您的医生可以转诊给专科医生。
- referral letter
- 转诊信
- Please bring the referral letter from your GP.请带上您的全科医生开具的转诊信。
- referral process
- 转诊过程
- The referral process may take a few days.转诊过程可能需要几天时间。
- doctor referral
- 医生转诊
- You need a doctor referral to see a dermatologist.你需要医生转诊才能看皮肤科医生。
- get a referral
- 获得转诊
- You can get a referral from your family doctor.你可以从你的家庭医生那里获得转诊。
- require referral
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象医生写一份“转诊单”（referral），拼写是re-fer-ral，中间双写r，就像病人需要“再(re)次被带(fer)去”看专家，而字母“ral”像“绕”，绕道去专科医生那里。
Context & Register
中性
Grammar Note
referral 作不可数名词时指“转介行为”,作可数名词时指“被转介的人、病例或推荐”。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The listed words share the same stressed vowel /ɝ/ or /ɜːr/ and the ending /əl/, thus rhyming with 'referral'. Be cautious of other words ending in -al that have stress on a different syllable, such as 'central' /ˈsɛntrəl/, which do not rhyme.
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。
Learn the forms together
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