单词 | intern |
释义 | intern (once / 2188 pages) 1nv 2v Somewhere between being a student and a professional is the life of an intern, an advanced student, especially in medicine, who gets on-the-job experience. To intern or be an intern is to leave the classroom behind and start doing part of your profession — usually, the job of being a doctor. Sometimes an intern is paid, but not always, and the pay is never great. The experience is considered payment in itself. There have been many medical TV shows that feature interns, probably because the hours are long, the job is difficult, and there are many opportunities for drama in this boot camp for doctors. Medical interns may appreciate another meaning, which means to take away someone's freedom, as in "Why did you intern the prisoners?" WORD FAMILYintern: interned, internee, interning, internist, internment, interns, internship+/internee: internees/internist: internists/internment: internments/internship: internships USAGE EXAMPLESAnd this year, the lab started a partnership with Bellevue College’s Autism Spectrum Navigators program, and is offering students with autism a chance to intern. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) "I didn't tell my parents, but I started interning with restaurants." BBC(Jan 01, 2017) Project ECHO’s long-distance training for physicians, their assistants and nurse practitioners mimics the mentoring that interns and residents receive at elite urban hospitals. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n someone who works for an expert to learn a trade Syn|Hypo|Hyper apprentice, learner, prentice printer's devil an apprentice in a printing establishment beginner, initiate, novice, tiro, tyro someone new to a field or activity 2n an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term) Syn|Hyper houseman, interne, medical intern Dr., MD, doc, doctor, medico, physician a licensed medical practitioner 3v work as an intern 2The young doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year Hyper work exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity v deprive of freedom During WW II, Japanese were interned in camps in the West Hyper confine, detain deprive of freedom; take into confinement |
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