dental/family planning/antenatal etc clinic• She can walk into a family planning clinic and seekassistance.• To get a free pregnancy test with Immediate results go to a family planning clinic or a BrookCentre.• He also arguedfamily planning clinics should not be bound by a gag order preventing them from counseling patients on abortion.• I did make an appointment at the localfamily planning clinic.• Cartwright found that the lower socio-economic groups made less use of such local health services as ante-natal clinics or family planning clinics.• They were all quite comfortable in their evening club, the Family Planning Clinic.• When Nana turned 16 Awa took her to the family planning clinic.• Did you tell me where the family planning clinics were, what they do, what age you can get the Pill?
clinic ... held• A small number of children who attendedcommunityclinics held by the man will also be seen.• Three years later the first psychiatricclinics were held at Sighthill.• These clinics were held irregularly on Sundays in rooms hired at the Copthorn Hotel, Glasgow.
Originclinic
(1800-1900)Frenchclinique, from Greekklinike“medical practice by the bed”, from kline“bed”
ADJECTIVE | VERB + CLINIC | CLINIC + VERB | CLINIC + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤hospital診所;(醫院的)門診部▸➤health, medical保健/醫療診所▸➤private私人診所▸➤special (especially BrE) 專科門診▸➤specialized, specialty (both NAmE) 專科/特色門診➤free, public (both NAmE) 免費/公共診所▸➤outpatient, walk-in門診部;無須預約的診所➤local, rural本地/鄉村診所➤ambulatory, mobile (especially NAmE) 流動診所➤vet, veterinary (both NAmE) 獸醫診所▸➤abortion, birth-control, family-planning人工流產診所;計劃生育門診▸➤antenatal, maternity, prenatal (NAmE) 產前檢查診所;產科診所▸➤fertility, infertility, IVF不孕不育門診;體外受精門診▸➤breast, eye, etc.乳腺、眼科等門診▸➤diabetic, psychiatric, etc.糖尿病、精神科等門診部➤drug, methadone, rehab (informal) , rehabilitation戒毒診所;美沙酮診所;康復診所➤golf, tennis, etc.高爾夫球、網球等訓練班VERB + CLINIC➤attend, go to, visit去診所;去看門診➤hold, operate, put on, run開門診;上訓練課◇We operate free rural health clinics.我們經營免費的鄉村保健診所。◇Holmes put on a boxing clinic (= gave a very good performance) and beat Shavers twelve out of twelve rounds.霍姆斯在 12 個回合中全勝謝弗斯,如同上了一堂拳擊訓練課。➤staff擔任門診工作人員◇The clinic is staffed by volunteers.診所的工作人員都是志願者。➤be treated at在門診接受治療◇She is being treated at a diabetic clinic.她正在糖尿病門診接受治療。CLINIC + VERB➤specialize in sth診所專門治療⋯➤offer, provide診所提供➤cater for, cater to, serve (especially NAmE) 診所服務於◇HIV clinics serving inner-city populations服務於市中心居民的艾滋病診所CLINIC + NOUN➤doctor, nurse, staff, worker門診醫生/護士/工作人員/員工➤appointment門診預約➤patient門診病人PREPOSITION➤at a/the clinic在門診部◇He was treated at the hospital's eye clinic.他在醫院的眼科接受了治療。➤in a/the clinic在診所裏◇She works in a birth-control clinic.她在一家節育診所工作。➤clinic for⋯診所◇a clinic for asthma sufferers治療哮喘患者的診所