healthcare

healthcare — 名詞

1. The range of medical services and programs that a government, company, or instit

1.名詞B1
釋義

醫療保健

政府或機構提供的醫療服務與健康照護

The range of medical services and programs that a government, company, or institution offers to maintain people's health and to treat them when they become sick.

例句

The government plans to invest more in public healthcare for rural communities.

政府計劃在農村地區投入更多公共醫療保健經費。

collocation: public healthcare

Naoko works as a nurse in a healthcare centre near her hometown in Kyoto.

Naoko 在京都老家附近的一家醫療保健中心擔任護士。

noun modifier: healthcare centre

同義詞
  • medical care

    more narrowly focused on direct treatment by doctors and hospitals; healthcare is a broader term that includes prevention, public health, and administration

  • health services

    stresses the organizational and system side; commonly used in official or policy contexts

  • health provision

    more formal and common in British English; often refers to government-funded systems

用法筆記

Healthcare is an uncountable noun; it does not take 'a' or appear in plural form. The two-word spelling 'health care' is still used, especially in older or British publications, but the one-word form 'healthcare' is now standard in most dictionaries and style guides.

常見錯誤

❌She works in a healthcare.
✅She works in healthcare.
💡healthcare is uncountable; do not use 'a' before it.
❌They cannot afford these healthcares.
✅They cannot afford this healthcare.
💡healthcare has no plural form.