Then Dr.Millington asked the caller if he was a relative of the patient.
之后，米灵顿医生问打电话的人是否是病人的亲属。
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

relative ['rɛlətɪv] 词频2 词根: lat
adj. 相关的;相对的;相互有关的;比较而言的; n. 亲属，亲戚;相关物;亲缘植物（或动物）;[语法学]关系词;
💡 relat=relate联系+ive名词后缀，表人 →亲戚
"Relative to the size, the city is sparsely populated."
与其面积相比, 这个城市的人口是稀少的.
近义：kin, kindred, kinsman, relation, congener, pertaining 反义：outlander, outsider, auslander, tramontane, alien, foreigner
patient ['peʃnt] 词频1 词根: pass
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
caller ['kɔ:lə] 词频5
n. 呼叫者;召集者;访问者;打电话者; adj. 新鲜的;
"The caller hung up."
打电话的人挂断了电话。
近义：incomer, arriver, visitant, visitor, comer, guest
Millington
n. (Millington)人名；(英、西)米林顿
asked
n. 卖方要价

📚 更多「新概念英语第二册」例句

but Mr.Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons.
但詹姆斯。斯科特先生未能为他新的汽车修理部搞到一部电话机，所以他买了只鸽子。
'It's a waste of time.
“这是浪费时间。
She knew she was near the shore because the light was high up on the cliffs.
知道自己已经接近岸边了，因为那灯光是在高高的峭壁上。
They had rushed up to her while she was having a picnic at the edge of a forest with her children and tried to steal her handbag.
刚才，当她和孩子们正在森林边上野餐的时候，这两个人冲到她跟前，企图抢走她的手提包。
The most unusual car was a Benz which had only three wheels.
而最不寻常的一辆则要属只有3只轮子的奔驰牌汽车了。
Children who play truant from school are unimaginative.
逃学的孩子们都缺乏想像力。