Hospital in English: hospital

Pronunciation: English? ['h?sp?tl] American? ['hɑ?sp?tl]

Vocabulary collocation:

1、build a hospital建立医院

2、enter a hospital住院,入院

3、manage a hospital管理医院

4、run a hospital开医院

Common Sentences:

1, The hospital receives a good deal of money in donations.

The hospital often gets large donations.

2, The red brick building over there is the city hospital.

The red brick building over there is the city hospital.

3. I see a hospital on my right hand.

I see a hospital on my right.

4, Lady Joan visited the hospital.

Lady Joan visited the hospital.

Extended information:

Word sense discernment

The group of words hospital, clinic, sanatorium are all related to medical units. The difference is:

1. hospital is a general term for hospitals, especially for general hospitals, but also for veterinary hospitals.

Example sentence: He went to the hospital to see his doctor yesterday.

2. clinic refers to the outpatient department of a hospital, a private clinic, the infirmary of a school or an organization, etc. It also refers to a specialized hospital or a specialized clinic, or the departments of a hospital.

Example sentence: The outpatient clinic of this hospital was on the ground floor.

3. sanatorium generally refers to a sanatorium, a rest home, or sometimes an isolation room in Britain.

Example sentence: The old man has been living in the sanatorium for two years.

The old man has been living in this sanatorium for two years.