English Dictionary

patient

/ˈpeɪʃənt/

noun

A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person. / (linguistics, grammar) The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.

The patient is recovering well after surgery.

意味（1）

A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.

The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.

意味（2）

(linguistics, grammar) The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.

The subject of a passive verb is usually a patient.

意味（3）

One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.

Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate, that it often involves the agent and the patient.