patient作名词时可数。其复数形式是patients。patient主要用作名词和形容词，作名词时中文含义是：病人; 接受治疗者; 受动者。作形容词时中文含义是：有耐心的; 能忍耐的。
一、patient双语例句
1.Patients were being discharged from the hospital too early.
病人都过早获准出院。
2.The patient made a rapid recovery.
病人很快恢复了健康。
3.I'm seeing a patient ─ please wait outside.
我正在给病人看病。请在外面等候。
4.He's one of Dr Shaw's patients.
他是肖医生的病人之一。
5.The patients were observed over a period of several months.
这些病人被观察了数月之久。
6.She's very good at handling her patients.
她对待病人很有办法。
7.Cuts in the health service could have tragic consequences for patients.
减少公共医疗卫生服务可能对病人造成悲惨的后果。
8.All our patients have broadly similar problems.
我们所有的病人问题大致相似。
