patients
patients — 名詞
- patientssingular
- patientsesplural
1. a person under the care of a doctor, nurse, or hospital because they are sick, i
病患
接受醫療照護的人
a person under the care of a doctor, nurse, or hospital because they are sick, injured, or need a medical check-up.
Dr. Kwame saw thirty patients in his clinic before lunchtime yesterday.
Kwame 醫生昨天午飯前在診所看了三十位病患。
number + patients: thirty patients
The elderly patient thanked the nurse who stayed by her bedside all night.
那位年長病患感謝整晚守在她床邊的護理師。
patient + nurse + bedside care
The hospital asks new patients to fill out a form with their medical history.
醫院要求新病患填寫包含個人病史的表格。
After the surgery, the patient needed to stay in bed for a full week.
手術後，該病患需要臥床休養整整一週。
Doctors at the rural clinic treat patients from more than twenty nearby villages.
這間鄉下診所的醫生治療來自二十多個鄰近村莊的病患。
- sick person
more general, less medical in tone
- case
used by medical professionals to refer to a specific patient's condition
- outpatient
a specific type of patient who does not stay overnight in the hospital
- doctor
the medical professional who treats the patient
- healthy person
someone who does not need medical treatment
文法句型
possessive + patient(s)
number + patient(s)
adjective + patient(s)
用法筆記
Patient is a countable noun — you can say one patient or many patients. It is very common in hospital and clinic settings. The plural form patients is used when talking about a doctor's caseload or a hospital's overall population.
常見錯誤
patients — 形容詞
- patientspositive
- more patientscomparative
- most patientssuperlative
1. able to stay calm and not become annoyed when you have to wait for a long time,
有耐心的
能夠冷靜等待或承受困難的
able to stay calm and not become annoyed when you have to wait for a long time, deal with a difficult person or situation, or keep working toward a goal despite problems.
Tara was very patient with her younger brother while teaching him to tie his shoes.
Tara 教弟弟繫鞋帶時對他非常有耐心。
patient + with + person
Good language learners are patient enough to practise a little every single day.
好的語言學習者很有耐心，能夠每天練習一點點。
patient + enough + to-infinitive
The teacher stayed patient even when the children asked the same question many times.
即使孩子們把同一個問題問了很多次，老師仍然保持耐心。
Rafael remained patient through the entire visa application process at the embassy.
Rafael 在辦理大使館的簽證申請過程中始終保持耐心。
Being a patient parent means listening calmly when your child is upset about something.
做一個有耐心的父母，意味著孩子難過時你能冷靜傾聽。
- tolerant
focuses on accepting others' beliefs or behavior without criticism, not just waiting
- forbearing
more formal; suggests deliberate restraint from reacting angrily
- long-suffering
implies enduring hardship or mistreatment over a long period
- impatient
unable to wait calmly; easily annoyed by delay or difficulty
文法句型
patient + with + person/thing
patient + enough + to-infinitive
patient + about + noun/gerund
remain/stay + patient
用法筆記
Often used in the pattern patient with + [person/thing] to show who or what tests one's patience. Frequently appears after remain, stay, or be. The noun patience and adverb patiently are related forms that follow the same meaning pattern.