pa‧tient 1 S2 W1 / peɪʃ ə nt / 名词 [可数名词] #

someone who is receiving medical treatment from a doctor or in a hospital

COLLOCATIONS

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + patient

a cancer/AIDS etc patient 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.

动词

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.

THESAURUS

customer someone who buys goods or services from a shop or company : Customers were waiting for the shop to open. | The bank is one of our biggest customers.

client someone who pays for a service from a professional person or company : He has a meeting with one of his clients. | The company buys and sells shares on behalf of their clients

shopper someone who goes to the shops looking for things to buy : The streets were full of Christmas shoppers.

guest someone who pays to stay in a hotel : Guests must leave their rooms by 10 am.

patron / peɪtrən / formal a customer of a particular shop, restaurant or hotel – usually written on signs : The notice said ‘Parking for Patrons Only’.

patient someone who is getting medical treatment from a doctor, or in a hospital : He is a patient of Dr Williams.

consumer anyone who buys goods or uses services – used when considering these people as a group who have particular rights, needs, or behaviour : Consumers are demanding more environmentally-friendly products. | the rights of the consumer | The law is designed to protect consumers who buy goods on the Internet.

market the number of people who want to buy a product, or the type of people who want to buy it : The market for organic food is growing all the time. | a magazine aimed at the youth market

clientele / kliəntel $ klaɪəntel, kli- / formal the type of customers that a particular shop, restaurant etc gets : The hotel has a very upmarket clientele. | They have a wealthy international clientele.

patient 2 W3 adjective #

able to wait calmly for a long time or to accept difficulties, people’s annoying behaviour etc without becoming angry OPP impatient :
You’ll just have to be patient and wait till I’m off the phone. patient with Louise was very patient with me.

— patiently adverb :
He waited patiently for Katherine to speak.