hospitalize

/ˈhɒspɪtəlaɪz/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhɑːspɪtəlaɪz/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhä-(ˌ)spi-tə-ˌlīz/ (ame, mw)

hospitalize — verb

  • hospitalizepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • hospitalizeshe / she / it
  • hospitalizedpast simple
  • hospitalizing-ing form

1. to arrange for a person who is ill or hurt to go into a hospital and remain ther

1.動詞及物B2
釋義

to arrange for a person who is ill or hurt to go into a hospital and remain there so that medical staff can provide the necessary care, usually for a number of days

例句

After the car accident, the driver was hospitalized with serious injuries.

passive: was hospitalized with [injury]

The hospital decided to hospitalize the elderly woman for observation after her fall.

active: decided to hospitalize [person] for [reason]

同義詞
  • admit

    more formal and specific to the hospital's action of registering someone as an inpatient

  • send to hospital

    less formal; can also mean simply arranging transport without guaranteeing admission

  • put in hospital

    informal; more common in British English

反義詞
  • discharge

    the opposite medical action — releasing a patient from hospital

  • release

    less formal synonym of discharge

文法句型

be hospitalized + for + reason/condition

be hospitalized + with + injury/illness

hospitalize + patient

用法筆記

This verb is most often used in the passive form (be hospitalized). The active form (Doctors hospitalized the patient) is more common in formal writing and news reports. In everyday conversation, people are more likely to say 'went into hospital' or 'was taken to hospital.'

常見錯誤

❌The doctor hospitalized him in the emergency room.
✅The doctor treated him in the emergency room and then hospitalized him.
💡Being hospitalized means staying in hospital as an admitted inpatient, not just receiving treatment in an ER.
❌She was hospitalized for a flu shot.
✅She went to the hospital for a flu shot.
💡Hospitalization implies serious/ongoing care, not a routine outpatient visit.