The following day, the patient asked for a bedside telephone.
第二天，這位病人要了一部床頭電話。
新概念英語第二冊
Lesson 39 Am I all right
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adj. 后面的，其次的;下列的;順風的;
n. 崇拜者，擁護者;下列，如下;跟隨;隨球;
prep. 隨后，在…以后;
v. 跟隨，接著(follow的現在分詞);
?? follow 跟隨 + ing 表示行為、狀態、情況及其他 → a.接著的；下列的
"We had sighted the vessel and were following it."
我們已看到那船并在跟隨著它.
近義：after, procession, retinue, accompaniment, train, committee
反義：introductory, onetime, back, precedent, preceding, prevenient
adj. 有耐性的;能容忍的;
n. 患者;病人;病號;
?? pati病+ent表示人→病人
"a drug that disposes the patient towards sleep"
使病人想睡覺的藥
近義：sufferer, tolerant, inactive, indifferent, passive, submissive
反義：anxious, exasperated, annoyed
n. 電話;電話機;（電話機的）話筒;受話器;
vt.& vi. 以電話傳送（消息），給（某人）打電話;用電話與（某人）交談;
?? tele遠，傳送+phone聲音→遠方聲音傳過來 → 電話
"The telephone was out of order, but is functional now."
電話剛才壞了, 但現在可以用了.
近義：phone, call, blower, telephonic