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n.a sick person; invalid; patient; person receiving medical treatment
这家医院医生人手不足,病人太多。
This hospital has not enough doctors and too many patients.
病人情况危急。
The patient is in a critical condition.
我不喜欢别人把我当病人看待。
I resented being treated as an invalid.
他是病人。
He's a sick man.
我家有病人。
Someone in my family is ill.
照料病人
take care of a patient
护理病人
nurse the sick
探视病人
visit a patient
治疗病人
treat a patient
治愈病人
cure a patient
给病人开处方
prescribe for a patient
给病人做检查
examine a patient
给病人做手术
perform an operation on a patient
这是一位卧床不起的病人。
This is a bedridden patient.
她小时候很虚弱,父母就把她当个病人照顾。
She had been a delicate child and her parents had treated her as an invalid.
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Word usage
- common measure word"病人" is often matched with measure word "个"or"位".
一个病人
one patient
一位病人
one patient