形容词

名词

1. 患者；病人
A patient is a person who is receiving medical treatment from a doctor or hospital. A patient is also someone who is registered with a particular doctor.

2. 能忍耐的；有耐心的
If you are patient, you stay calm and do not get annoyed, for example when something takes a long time, or when someone is not doing what you want them to do.

1. 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

Synonym: affected rolepatient role

2. a person who requires medical care

e.g. the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly