When the doctor answered the phone, Mr.Gilbert said he was inquiring about a certain patient, a Mr.John Gilbert.
当这位医生接过电话时，吉尔伯特先生说他想询问一个病人的情况，是一位名叫约翰。吉尔伯特的先生。
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 39 Am I all right
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 医生，大夫;博士;神学家;医疗设备;
vt.& vi. 医疗，行医;
vt. 修理，装配;假造;搀杂;修改，修饰;
💡 doct教+or表名词，人→教的人→有学问的人→ 博士，医生
"She made an appointment for her son to see the doctor."
她为儿子约定了看医生的时间。
近义：spay, load, adulterate, healer, m.d., medic
n. 电话;听筒;（发声或使用声音的）工具;说某种语言的;
vt.& vi. 打电话（给某人）;
💡 phon声音 + e → n.电话，电话机；耳机
"My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends."
我的几个孩子在电话上和朋友聊天一聊就是几个小时。
近义：telephone, call, blower, pronunciation, telephonic, ring
adj. 有耐性的;能容忍的;
n. 患者;病人;病号;
💡 pati病+ent表示人→病人
"a drug that disposes the patient towards sleep"
使病人想睡觉的药
近义：sufferer, tolerant, inactive, indifferent, passive, submissive
反义：anxious, exasperated, annoyed
adj. [律]上述的;少说为妙;（做）某事有/没有很多优点（或好处）：某事物有/没有多少可说的;说到底;
v. 说，讲( say的过去式和过去分词 );表明;念;说明;
"Afterwards she was sorry for what she'd said."
后来她后悔说了那些话。
近义：indicated, spoken, stated, this, aforementioned, aforesaid
inquiring
[in'kwaiəriŋ]
adj. 咨询的，打听的，爱追根究底的;
v. 打听，询问( inquire的现在分词 );
"A man has been inquiring for you at the office."
有个人在办公室一直等着要见你.
近义：inquisitive, interrogative, interrogatory, investigating, investigative, investigatory
反义：introverted, measured, moderate, abstemious, abstinent, owlish