carer

IPA/ˈkeərə(r)/
KK[kˈɛrɚ]IPA/ˈkerər/

carer — 名詞

  • carersingular
  • carersplural

1. a person who gives day-to-day care and support to someone who cannot fully look

1.名詞B2
釋義

照顧者

提供日常照護的人,包含親人與專業人士

a person who gives day-to-day care and support to someone who cannot fully look after themselves — for example, a child, an older adult, or a person with a long-term illness or disability. A carer may be an unpaid relative or a trained worker in paid employment.

例句

After her grandmother broke her hip, Amara became her main carer for six months.

祖母摔傷髖骨後,Amara 成了她的主要照顧者,為期六個月。

collocation: main carer

The council sent a trained carer to help Mr. Henderson with his morning routine.

議會派了一位受過訓練的照顧者,協助 Henderson 先生的晨間起居。

collocation: trained carer

常見搭配
  • full-time carer
  • paid carer
  • unpaid carer
  • primary carer
  • main carer
  • trained carer
  • family carer
  • carer for someone
  • work as a carer
  • act as a carer
同義詞
  • caregiver

    the usual American English equivalent; interchangeable in most contexts

  • attendant

    more formal; often used in medical or institutional settings

  • nurse

    implies formal medical training and qualifications; a nurse may also act as a carer

文法句型

carer for + noun phrase

常見錯誤

She works as a carer of three children.
She works as a carer for three children.
The preposition ‘for’ is used with ‘carer’, not ‘of’.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • family carer
  • full-time carer
  • part-time carer
  • volunteer carer

常用片語

  • work as a carer
  • act as a carer
  • become a carer

介系詞搭配

  • carer for