英语词汇“carer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Hospital staff can provide additional home support for carers.
We have a high number of volunteer carers at the day centre.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Her carer is her daughter whose flat is in the same block.
In a companion study, 94 per cent of carers of patients with dementia considered the practice to be justified.
In addition, unmarried women carers are more likely than either married women or men to be carrying particularly heavy caring responsibilities.
In the home she may ask the carer to perform the tasks of the assistant therapist.
Support from statutory services Professional services available to the carer come from various sources and vary a great deal from area to area.
This may sometimes be the result of lack of information and reluctance on the part of the carers to take measures to correct this.
When a child or young person is received into care a placement with a carer or carers has to be made.

Longman Language Activatorto look after someone► look after/take care of

especially British to spend time with a child or with someone who is old or sick, and make sure they are safe and have the things they need: · Can you look after the kids for me this afternoon?· I've told you, I can't come. There's no one to look after Frieda.· Jonathon has no idea what it means to take care of a baby all day long. · We specialize in helping caregivers who take care of relatives in their own homes.

► care for somebody

to look after someone who is very ill or very old by doing everything for them: · Elsie had to leave her job to care for her sick father.· St Helen's Hospice, which cares for the terminally ill, is holding a special fund-raising week.· It is one of the only charities to care for Aids patients and ex-prisoners.

► mind

British to look after children for a short time while their parents are out doing something else: · The woman who minds Pip and Emma collects them from school and gives them an evening meal.· Mothers who work part-time are able to mind other people's children when they are not working.

► babysit

also sit American to look after children in the evening while their parents go out somewhere, especially when they pay you a small amount of money for doing this: · I'll ask Jane to babysit on Wednesday night.· Ask Alex and Joan next time you're babysitting.babysit for: · He used to babysit for Mary when she worked nights.· Jenny sat for us last Friday evening when we went to the movies.

► keep an eye on

to stay with a child and watch them to see that they are safe, especially for a short time: · Benjy, I want you to stay in the yard where I can keep an eye on you.· Would you mind keeping an eye on Stacey while I go for a cigarette?keep a close/careful/watchful eye on somebody: · He warned parents to continue to keep a close eye on their children.

► nurse

to look after someone who is ill and to make them well again or to make them comfortable: · Tony nursed his wife through her long illness without ever complaining.· Irina had wanted to nurse him, but the doctors had sent her away.nurse somebody back to health (=look after a sick person until they are well again): · The monks tended his wounds and nursed him back to health.

► carer

British /caregiver American someone who looks after another person who is too young or ill to look after himself or herself - used especially on official forms, in official letters, in newspapers etc: · Hospital staff can provide additional home support for carers.· We have a high number of volunteer carers at the day centre.· Like many caregivers, Marian gave up her job to provide 24-hour care for an elderly relative.

WORD SETS► Nurses, Doctors, etc

anaesthetist, nounanalysis, nounanalyst, nounanesthesiologist, nounantenatal, adjectiveapothecary, nounautopsy, nouncaregiver, nouncarer, nouncaring, adjectivecharge nurse, nounchemist, nounchiropodist, nounclinic, nounconsultant, nounconsultation, noundental hygienist, noundental nurse, noundental surgeon, noundentist, noundiagnosis, noundoc, noundoctor, nounDr, family practice, nounflying doctor, noungeneral practice, noungeneral practitioner, noungown, nounGP, noungroup practice, nounhealth care, nounhealth centre, nounhealth service, nounhealth visitor, nounHippocratic oath, nounhouseman, nounhygienist, nounintern, nouninternist, nouninvasive, adjectivelocum, nounMD, nounmedic, nounmedical certificate, nounmedical practitioner, nounmedico, nounM.O., nounnurse, nounnurse, verbnursing, nounobstetrician, nounoculist, nounoperate, verboperation, nounoptician, nounoptometrist, nounorthodontist, nounorthopedist, nounosteopath, nounpaediatrician, nounparamedic, nounphysician, nounphysio, nounphysiotherapist, nounpodiatrist, nounporter, nounprescribe, verbprescription, nounprognosis, nounpsychiatrist, nounpsychoanalyst, nounquack, nounregistrar, nounresident, nounscalpel, nounsister, nounspecialist, nounspecimen, nounstaff nurse, nounstethoscope, nounsurgeon, nounsurgery, nountreatment, nounwitch-doctor, noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► formal

· Most formal carers want to allow old people to remain in their homes as long as possible.

► informal

· Improve contacts with informal carers to access services they need.· Throughout the process any informal carers should be consulted and should be offered their own assessments when appropriate.· It includes the uses of informal education for carers.· The most likely potential informal carers are other members of the elderly person's household.· Women informal carers are also likely to be carrying heavier responsibilities than male carers.· The value of the work undertaken by informal carers is difficult to estimate with precision.· As with other social groups informal carers are not a homogeneous group.· This situation is exacerbated by the inadequacy of current social security provision, for both disabled people and informal carers.

► male

· However, there are a significant minority of male carers who must not be excluded.· Women informal carers are also likely to be carrying heavier responsibilities than male carers.· It has now been shown that the number of male carers has increased substantially.

► other

· The involvement of family and other carers during each of the elements should be considered standard practice.· Parents, social workers and other carers have an educational role as do vocational training staff, employers and employees.· The care which other carers might give to the child only becomes relevant if the threshold test is met.· Professionals need also to work together with parents and other carers of children.

► patient

· She is responsible for helping the patient and carers in daily tasks such as washing, bathing and going to the toilet.· Increased integration of the patient and carers is encouraged, combatting the isolation which has frequently preceded referral.· If poverty is a long-term prospect, it is likely also to affect the morale of the patient and his carers.· At least at first, sharing a double bed is unlikely to be comfortable or practical for either patient or carer.

► principal

· We asked principal carers, therefore, which of a list of symptoms the person they cared for suffered from.· These can be drawn out from within the history of a caring relationship particularly where there is a principal carer taking responsibility.· We re-interviewed those principal carers whose relatives, etc had moved to permanent institutional care by the end of one year.· Table 5.2 shows the relationship of the principal carer to the dementia sufferer.· How, therefore, did principal carers view the dementia sufferer's continued home care?· The changing patterns of marriage and companionate relationships will also expand the range of principal carers.

VERB► become

· It is still nearly always a daughter or daughter-in-law who becomes the carer.· This leaves Open the possibility of negotiation between the parties to identify the person who eventually becomes the main carer.

► involve

· More often, of course, separation involves a younger carer giving up the role, about which there is often profound ambivalence.

WORD FAMILYnouncarecareradjectivecareful ≠ carelesscaring ≠ uncaringverbcareadverbcarefully ≠ carelessly

单词	carer
释义	carercar‧er /ˈkeərə $ ˈkerər/ ●●○ noun [countable] British English Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Hospital staff can provide additional home support for carers. We have a high number of volunteer carers at the day centre. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Her carer is her daughter whose flat is in the same block. In a companion study, 94 per cent of carers of patients with dementia considered the practice to be justified. In addition, unmarried women carers are more likely than either married women or men to be carrying particularly heavy caring responsibilities. In the home she may ask the carer to perform the tasks of the assistant therapist. Support from statutory services Professional services available to the carer come from various sources and vary a great deal from area to area. This may sometimes be the result of lack of information and reluctance on the part of the carers to take measures to correct this. When a child or young person is received into care a placement with a carer or carers has to be made. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto look after someone► look after/take care of especially British to spend time with a child or with someone who is old or sick, and make sure they are safe and have the things they need: · Can you look after the kids for me this afternoon?· I've told you, I can't come. There's no one to look after Frieda.· Jonathon has no idea what it means to take care of a baby all day long. · We specialize in helping caregivers who take care of relatives in their own homes. ► care for somebody to look after someone who is very ill or very old by doing everything for them: · Elsie had to leave her job to care for her sick father.· St Helen's Hospice, which cares for the terminally ill, is holding a special fund-raising week.· It is one of the only charities to care for Aids patients and ex-prisoners. ► mind British to look after children for a short time while their parents are out doing something else: · The woman who minds Pip and Emma collects them from school and gives them an evening meal.· Mothers who work part-time are able to mind other people's children when they are not working. ► babysit also sit American to look after children in the evening while their parents go out somewhere, especially when they pay you a small amount of money for doing this: · I'll ask Jane to babysit on Wednesday night.· Ask Alex and Joan next time you're babysitting.babysit for: · He used to babysit for Mary when she worked nights.· Jenny sat for us last Friday evening when we went to the movies. ► keep an eye on to stay with a child and watch them to see that they are safe, especially for a short time: · Benjy, I want you to stay in the yard where I can keep an eye on you.· Would you mind keeping an eye on Stacey while I go for a cigarette?keep a close/careful/watchful eye on somebody: · He warned parents to continue to keep a close eye on their children. ► nurse to look after someone who is ill and to make them well again or to make them comfortable: · Tony nursed his wife through her long illness without ever complaining.· Irina had wanted to nurse him, but the doctors had sent her away.nurse somebody back to health (=look after a sick person until they are well again): · The monks tended his wounds and nursed him back to health. ► carer British /caregiver American someone who looks after another person who is too young or ill to look after himself or herself - used especially on official forms, in official letters, in newspapers etc: · Hospital staff can provide additional home support for carers.· We have a high number of volunteer carers at the day centre.· Like many caregivers, Marian gave up her job to provide 24-hour care for an elderly relative. WORD SETS► Nurses, Doctors, etc anaesthetist, nounanalysis, nounanalyst, nounanesthesiologist, nounantenatal, adjectiveapothecary, nounautopsy, nouncaregiver, nouncarer, nouncaring, adjectivecharge nurse, nounchemist, nounchiropodist, nounclinic, nounconsultant, nounconsultation, noundental hygienist, noundental nurse, noundental surgeon, noundentist, noundiagnosis, noundoc, noundoctor, nounDr, family practice, nounflying doctor, noungeneral practice, noungeneral practitioner, noungown, nounGP, noungroup practice, nounhealth care, nounhealth centre, nounhealth service, nounhealth visitor, nounHippocratic oath, nounhouseman, nounhygienist, nounintern, nouninternist, nouninvasive, adjectivelocum, nounMD, nounmedic, nounmedical certificate, nounmedical practitioner, nounmedico, nounM.O., nounnurse, nounnurse, verbnursing, nounobstetrician, nounoculist, nounoperate, verboperation, nounoptician, nounoptometrist, nounorthodontist, nounorthopedist, nounosteopath, nounpaediatrician, nounparamedic, nounphysician, nounphysio, nounphysiotherapist, nounpodiatrist, nounporter, nounprescribe, verbprescription, nounprognosis, nounpsychiatrist, nounpsychoanalyst, nounquack, nounregistrar, nounresident, nounscalpel, nounsister, nounspecialist, nounspecimen, nounstaff nurse, nounstethoscope, nounsurgeon, nounsurgery, nountreatment, nounwitch-doctor, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► formal · Most formal carers want to allow old people to remain in their homes as long as possible. ► informal · Improve contacts with informal carers to access services they need.· Throughout the process any informal carers should be consulted and should be offered their own assessments when appropriate.· It includes the uses of informal education for carers.· The most likely potential informal carers are other members of the elderly person's household.· Women informal carers are also likely to be carrying heavier responsibilities than male carers.· The value of the work undertaken by informal carers is difficult to estimate with precision.· As with other social groups informal carers are not a homogeneous group.· This situation is exacerbated by the inadequacy of current social security provision, for both disabled people and informal carers. ► male · However, there are a significant minority of male carers who must not be excluded.· Women informal carers are also likely to be carrying heavier responsibilities than male carers.· It has now been shown that the number of male carers has increased substantially. ► other · The involvement of family and other carers during each of the elements should be considered standard practice.· Parents, social workers and other carers have an educational role as do vocational training staff, employers and employees.· The care which other carers might give to the child only becomes relevant if the threshold test is met.· Professionals need also to work together with parents and other carers of children. ► patient · She is responsible for helping the patient and carers in daily tasks such as washing, bathing and going to the toilet.· Increased integration of the patient and carers is encouraged, combatting the isolation which has frequently preceded referral.· If poverty is a long-term prospect, it is likely also to affect the morale of the patient and his carers.· At least at first, sharing a double bed is unlikely to be comfortable or practical for either patient or carer. ► principal · We asked principal carers, therefore, which of a list of symptoms the person they cared for suffered from.· These can be drawn out from within the history of a caring relationship particularly where there is a principal carer taking responsibility.· We re-interviewed those principal carers whose relatives, etc had moved to permanent institutional care by the end of one year.· Table 5.2 shows the relationship of the principal carer to the dementia sufferer.· How, therefore, did principal carers view the dementia sufferer's continued home care?· The changing patterns of marriage and companionate relationships will also expand the range of principal carers. VERB► become · It is still nearly always a daughter or daughter-in-law who becomes the carer.· This leaves Open the possibility of negotiation between the parties to identify the person who eventually becomes the main carer. ► involve · More often, of course, separation involves a younger carer giving up the role, about which there is often profound ambivalence. Word family WORD FAMILYnouncarecareradjectivecareful ≠ carelesscaring ≠ uncaringverbcareadverbcarefully ≠ carelessly someone who looks after an old or ill person at home SYN caretaker American English
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