病人

びょうにん
sick person
patient

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びょうにん【病人】

*patient

/péiʃənt/ 〖C〗 患者， (医者にかかっている)病人

She is attending on the patient. 彼女がその病人の看護にあたっている

a seriously ［very］ ill patient 重病人

be thoughtful of patients 病人に親切である

watch a patient 病人の看病をする

*invalid

〖C〗 病弱者， 病人.

▲The sick man required constant attention. その病人は片時も目を離せなかった

the sick and the well 病人と健康な人.

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びょうにん【病人】

a sick person [man, woman]; an invalid; 〔患者〕 a patient; 〈集合的に〉 the sick.

●実家で病人が出た. Somebody at home got sick.

・会社では今年病人が多い. There has been a lot of sickness in the company this year.

・冬は病人が増える. More people get sick in the winter. | The number of sick people increases in the winter.

・宅に病人があって出席しかねます. I'm afraid I can't attend owing to illness in the family. | Illness in the family prevents me from attending.

●医院は病人で溢れていた. The clinic was absolutely full of sick people [patients].

●君は病人には見えない. You don't look sick [like a sick person, like an invalid].

・ここの気候は病人にはよくない. The climate here is no good for sick people.

●病人を看護する care for a sick person [a patient, the sick]

・病人を見舞う visit a sick person [a patient]

・うちは病人を抱えている. There is somebody sick at home. | We have a sick person [an invalid] in the family.

●病人は心細いものだ. You feel lonely and insecure if you are sick. | Being sick makes you feel apprehensive.

・病人扱いしないでくれ. Don't treat me like an invalid [as though I were sick].

病人食 a diet for the sick; an invalid diet.