sufferer

sufferer — 名詞

1. a person who experiences a disease or medical problem, often for a long time or

1.名詞B2
釋義

患者

長期或反覆患有某種疾病的人

a person who experiences a disease or medical problem, often for a long time or repeatedly

例句

Andrés, a longtime asthma sufferer, keeps his medicine beside his bed every night.

Andrés 是長期氣喘患者，每晚都把藥放在床頭。

appositive: 'name, a [condition] sufferer,'

The hospital offers free health checks for diabetes sufferers every three months.

這家醫院每三個月為糖尿病患者提供一次免費健康檢查。

collocation: [condition] + sufferer

同義詞
  • patient

    stronger clinical tone; implies receiving medical treatment from a doctor or hospital

  • victim

    stronger negative connotation; suggests harm from an external cause (e.g., a victim of the disease), not just experiencing it

  • case

    medical jargon; impersonal and often used in statistics ('a case of malaria') rather than for an individual person

文法句型

[condition] + sufferer

sufferer + of + [condition]

用法筆記

Frequently used with the name of a chronic or recurring condition placed before the word (e.g., asthma sufferer) or after 'of' (e.g., sufferer of diabetes). In some contexts, 'person with [condition]' is preferred to avoid emphasizing the negative aspect of the illness.

常見錯誤

❌She is a sufferer.
✅She is a migraine sufferer.
💡'sufferer' is almost always used with a specific condition; it sounds incomplete without one.
❌He is a sufferer of cold.
✅He has a cold.
💡'sufferer' is used for chronic or serious conditions, not common temporary illnesses like a cold.