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epileptic是什么意思

epileptic

英 [,epɪ'leptɪk] 美 [,ɛpə'lɛptɪk]

n. 癫痫患者
adj. 癫痫的，癫痫性的

英文词源

epileptic (adj.): c. 1600, from French épileptique, from Late Latin epilepticus, from Greek epileptikos, from stem of epilambanein "to seize" (see epilepsy). Earlier adjective was epilentic (late 14c.), from a Greek variant. As a noun from 1650s.

双语例句

1. He was epileptic and refused to take medication for his condition.: 他患有癫痫，但是拒绝服药治疗。

2. About two in every five epileptic fits occur during sleep.: 每5例癫痫病中约有两例是在睡眠过程中发作的。

3. His wife is an epileptic.: 他妻子是个癫痫患者。

4. He suffered an epileptic fit.: 他癫痫发作了。

5. Paula had never seen an epileptic seizure.: 葆拉从没见过有人癫痫发作。