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resuscitations
复苏；回生
resuscitations is the plural of resuscitation.
the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness
常用于医疗急救，如心肺复苏。
- 1.
The act of resuscitating.
复苏；救活。
复苏；救活。；复生；复兴；[医] 复苏[术]；回生
In use
After the swimmer stopped breathing, a lifeguard began resuscitation at once.
The doctor's rapid resuscitation brought the patient back to consciousness.
All nurses must practice resuscitation skills every few months.
the resuscitation of [sb]
resuscitation 通常作不可数名词；用 the ... of ... 结构时，of 后接被抢救的人。
The resuscitation of the crash victim took about forty minutes.
车祸受害者的复苏用了大约四十分钟。
perform resuscitation on [sb]
这是表示“对某人实施复苏”的常见搭配，介词 on 后接被抢救的人，不能用 to。
Doctors performed resuscitation on the man until he regained consciousness.
医生对这名男子实施复苏，直到他恢复意识。
Common mistakes
The doctor resuscitation the patient.The doctor resuscitated the patient.
resuscitation 是名词，不能用作谓语；表示“使复苏”要用动词 resuscitate，在一般过去时中应写为 resuscitated。
She did resuscitation on the drowning child.She performed resuscitation on the drowning child.
表示实施医疗操作时，英语通常用 perform 与 resuscitation 搭配，do 过于笼统，不符合“进行复苏”这一专业语境。
Connections
Collocations
- cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- 心肺复苏
- The paramedics performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the patient.急救人员对病人进行了心肺复苏。
- mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
- 口对口人工呼吸
- She gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation until the ambulance arrived.她对他进行口对口人工呼吸，直到救护车到达。
- resuscitation team
- 复苏团队
- The resuscitation team was called to the emergency room.复苏团队被叫到了急诊室。
- resuscitation equipment
- 复苏设备
- The ambulance is equipped with resuscitation equipment.救护车配备了复苏设备。
- attempt resuscitation
- 尝试复苏
- Doctors decided to attempt resuscitation one more time.医生们决定再次尝试复苏。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 re（再次）+ sus（像“苏醒”的开头）+ citation（呼唤）：再次呼唤生命，即为复苏。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：emergency medicine、hospital care、first-aid training 该词用于“使昏迷者恢复意识或生命体征”时，比较常见于医疗和急救的正式场合，如病历、指南或新闻报道；日常口语中通常说 CPR 或抢救。
Grammar Note
复数形式为 resuscitations。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上词均以 /ˈeɪʃən/ 结尾，与 resuscitation 的重读韵脚 /ˈteɪʃən/ 押韵。特别提醒：citation 作为独立词读 /saɪˈteɪʃən/，而 resuscitation 中的字母组合「-citation」读 /sɪˈteɪʃən/，首音节元音不同，拼写相似但发音有区别。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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