One in three cancer patients suffers no pain at all.
a heart patient (=one with heart disease)
Some heart patients have to wait between three months and a year for surgery.
a mental/psychiatric patient (=one with problems relating to their mind)
The drug was used in the past to treat mental patients.
a seriously ill/critically ill patient
The ward was packed with seriously ill patients.
a hospital patient
All hospital patients have to follow a daily routine.
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treat a patient (=try to cure their illness or injury)
Patients are treated in terms of priority.
see a patient
I stayed in the treatment room while the doctor saw another patient.
examine a patient
Can you please wait outside while the physician examines the patient.
a patient receives treatment/a drug
Twelve of these patients were receiving treatment with a new drug.
a patient responds to treatment (=starts recovering)
Some patients respond quickly and satisfactorily to treatment.
a patient recovers
The treatment succeeded and the patient recovered rapidly.
a patient is admitted (to hospital)
This examination should be done when the patient is admitted to hospital.
a patient is discharged (from hospital) (=allowed to leave it)
The patient was discharged after eight days.
Examples from the Corpus
patient• St Dominic's Hospital treats about 10,000 patients a year.• He gave a half million pounddonation towards the care of AIDspatients.• In all five patients under 50 creatinine values returned to normal.• Other patients had externalhaemorrhoids, though less serious.• Clinicaltrials show that some patients with breastcancer do better if they take the drug for five years after surgery.• One out of every seven plastic surgery patients is a man.• A comprehensivereview of the patient can be achieved through the use of the care plan.• The patients also are examined, and undergolaboratorytests, based on their complaints.• San Mateo County officials already are looking into the prospects for their patients.• Although these patients usually have astonishingly good morale and fighting spirit, everything humanely possible should be done to keep it up.• The outcome of these patients is uncertain and the advisability of restorative proctocolectomy is, therefore, controversial.
You’ll just have to be patient and wait till I’m off the phone.
你只能耐心点,等我打完电话。
patient with
Louise was very patient with me.
路易丝对我很有耐心。
—patientlyadverbadv
He waited patiently for Katherine to speak.
他耐心地等凯瑟琳开口讲话。
Examples from the Corpus
patient• I'm sure she'll write soon. Just try to be patient.• The audience waited patiently for the show to begin.• She takes the time to be more patient and is in less of a hurry.• In the box office, which is occupied by two women with patientsmiles, they blame the trains.• The long and patientstruggle to achieve equal rights will continue.• Halle was patient, waiting for the boy to finish his explanation.
be patient• The best approach is to be patient and philosophical.• These are patients cut off from their capacity to feel, presumably to protect themselves from emotionalpain.• The people are patient, too patient, but a day will come when the sufferings of the proletariat will become unbearable.• But the user must be patient when learning the ins and outs of an expansioncard.• More difficult would be patients with a deepseatedpsychological problem which would require more than three months' treatment.• I would be patient with my animal companion, show him what a sweet-temperedmistress I could be.• You had to be patient with the stupidities of power, with the fraudulence of business.• He would be patient with this young priest.
Originpatient2
(1300-1400)FrenchLatin, present participle of pati“to suffer”
ADJECTIVE | VERB + PATIENT | PATIENT + VERB | PATIENT + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤AIDS, cancer, cardiac, diabetic, heart, etc.艾滋病、癌症、心臟病、糖尿病等病人➤surgical, transplant外科/器官移植病人◇developments that will help surgical patients recover more quickly幫助手術患者更快康復的新方法➤mental, psychiatric精神病人;精神病患者➤depressed, mentally ill抑鬱症/精神病患者▸➤seriously ill, severely ill, terminally ill重病患者;晚期病人➤high-risk, vulnerable (especially BrE) 高危/易損患者▸➤hospital住院病人➤private (especially BrE) 自費病人◇He only takes private patients.他只收治自費病人。➤elderly, older上了年紀的/年齡較大的病人▸➤adult, child成年病人;兒童患者➤paediatric/pediatric兒科患者VERB + PATIENT➤assess, examine, see, treat判定病情;檢查病人;看病人;治療病人◇She sees an average of 35 patients every day.她平均每天看 35 個病人。➤admit接收患者入院◇The patient was admitted to hospital yesterday.這個病人昨天入的院。➤discharge讓病人出院◇patients waiting to be discharged from hospital等待出院的病人➤refer (to sb/sth), transfer (to sth)將病人轉到⋯PATIENT + VERB➤develop sth, have sth, suffer from sth病人得⋯病/有⋯病/患⋯病◇The patient has a severe heart condition.這名患者有嚴重的心臟病。➤suffer sth患者遭受⋯病◇patients who have suffered a heart attack犯過心臟病的患者➤be diagnosed with sth患者被診斷患有⋯◇The patient was first diagnosed with malaria.患者開始被診斷患有瘧疾。➤present with sth呈現⋯病症的患者◇Many patients present with conditions that cannot be easily diagnosed.許多病人顯現出一些無法輕易診斷的症狀。➤respond (to sth)病人(對⋯)有⋯反應◇These patients are responding well to the new drug.這些病人對新藥的反應很好。➤improve病人的病情好轉➤receive sth, undergo sth病人接受⋯/經受⋯◇Patients undergoing chemotherapy may be at a higher risk of infection.接受化療的患者受感染的風險可能更高。PATIENT + NOUN➤care對病人的護理PREPOSITION➤patient with患⋯病的病人◇patients with liver disease肝病患者patient
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VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, sound有耐心;聽起來有耐心▸➤remain一直很耐心ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極為/頗為/非常有耐心▸➤incredibly極有耐心▸➤endlessly, infinitely有無窮耐心PREPOSITION➤about對⋯有耐心◇She's been extremely patient about it all.她對整件事一直極有耐心。➤with對⋯有耐心◇He was endlessly patient with the children.他對孩子們非常有耐心。
patient ♦︎ case ♦︎ victim ♦︎ sufferer ♦︎ the sick ♦︎ invalid ♦︎ the dyingThese are all words for people who are not well and need medical help.这些词均表示病人、患者。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a / the long-term patient / victim / sufferer / sick◆a chronic patient / case / sufferer / invalid◆a / an cancer / AIDS patient / case / victim / sufferer◆an asthma patient / sufferer◆a stroke patient / victim◆to care for a patient / a sufferer / the sick / an invalid / the dying◆to treat a patient / a case / a victim / a sufferer / the sick■patient [countable] a person who is receiving medical treatment, especially in a hospital; a person who receives treatment from a particular doctor or dentist接受治疗者;(医院中或某个医生的)病人◆He made friends with another patient on the ward.他和病房里的另一位病人成了朋友。◆She's one of Dr Shaw's patients.她是肖医生的病人之一。■case [countable] the fact of sb having a disease or injury; a person suffering from a disease or injury病例;病案;病人;伤员◆Over 500 000 cases of cholera were reported in 1991.1991年共报告霍乱病例50多万起。◆The most serious cases were treated at the scene of the accident.受伤最重的人在事故现场得到了救治。■victim[countable] a person who is suffering from a disease or medical condition罹病者;患者◆AIDS victims are prone to pick up infections.艾滋病患者易受感染。■sufferer [countable] a person who is suffering from a disease or medical condition罹病者;患者◆Local services provide residential care for dementia sufferers.地方服务机构为痴呆患者提供食宿。◆She received many letters of support from fellow sufferers.她收到了许多病友寄来的鼓励信。 see also suffer from sth ⇨ suffer from sthNOTE辨析 Victim or sufferer?Both these words are usually used after another noun for the name of a disease, and in many cases you can use either word.这两个词通常用于表示疾病的名词后,在许多情况下可以通用◆cancer / AIDS / leukaemia victims / sufferers癌症/艾滋病/白血病患者Victim is more frequent in these cases and can make the disease sound worse, but sufferer is used with a wider range of medical conditions, especially long-term conditions.在这些情况下victim较常用,且显得病情较严重。但与sufferer搭配表示病症的词范围更广,尤与表示长期病症的词连用◆dementia / asthma / arthritis / sclerosis sufferers痴呆/哮喘病/关节炎/硬化症患者A victim can also be sb who has been hurt as the result of a crime or accident. * victim还指犯罪行为或事故的受害者。 see also victim ⇨ victim1■the sick [plural] people who are seriously ill患重病的人◆He healed the sick and comforted the broken-hearted.他治愈患病之躯,抚慰受伤之心。 see also sick ⇨ sick1■invalid ˈɪnvəlɪd, ˈɪnvəliːd [countable] a person who needs other people to take care of them, because of illness that they have had for a long time病弱者;久病衰弱者◆She had been a delicate child and her parents had treated her as an invalid.她儿时身体虚弱,父母把她当病人照料。■the dying [plural] people who are dying垂死者;临终者◆Volunteer nurses were tending to the sick and the dying.护士志愿者正在照顾重危病人和临终病人。