sufferer
noun [ C ] uk/ˈsʌf.ər.ər/ us/ˈsʌf.ɚ.ɚ/
C2 患病者
a person who has or often gets a particular illness
Almost 50 percent of cancer sufferers are treated successfully. 大约50%的癌症患者所受的治疗是奏效的。
A new drug may give new hope to thousands of hay-fever sufferers. 一种新药可能会给数以千计的枯草热患者带来新的希望。
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- an asthma sufferer
- This new cancer treatment offers hope to many sufferers.
- It has proved to be a wonder drug for sufferers of epilepsy, reducing seizures by up to 80%.
- Cancer sufferers no longer face certain death as they once did.
- The pollen count is high today, which is bad news for hay fever sufferers.