patient
英 ['peɪʃ(ə)nt]
美['peʃnt]
	    - adj. 有耐性的,能容忍的
 - n. 病人;患者
 - n. (Patient)人名;(法)帕蒂安
 
英英释意
- 1. a person who requires medical care;
 - "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly"
 
- 2. the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause