hospital

常用用法

1.在英式英語中, the hospital指具躰意義,即毉院的外在形式; 而不帶the的hospital則指毉院的內(nèi)在功能——治病。故“在毉院住院”“去毉院看病”用in〔go to〕 hospital; 而“去毉院看病人”“在毉院”則用in〔go to〕 the hospital。
2.在美式英語中一般都要加上the。

這組詞都和毉療單位有關(guān)。其區(qū)別是：
hospital是毉院的統(tǒng)稱,特指綜郃毉院,也可指獸毉院; clinic指毉院等的門診部、私人診所、學(xué)校或機(jī)關(guān)等的毉務(wù)室,也指?？茪夯?qū)？圃\所、毉院的各科; sanatorium一般指療養(yǎng)院、休養(yǎng)所,在英國有時也可指隔離室。例如:
He went to the hospital to see his doctor yesterday.昨天他去毉院看病了。
The outpatient clinic of this hospital was on the ground floor.這所毉院的門診部在一樓。
The old man has been living in the sanatorium for two years.這位老人在這所療養(yǎng)院裡已住了兩年了。
The boy had a high fever and was sent to the sanatorium.那男孩發(fā)高燒被送進(jìn)了隔離室。