08 January 2022
nurse
我们用"nurse"作动词，你能护理人或动物回到健康。并且你能护理一个病人，帮助他治疗或变得更好。
但是你也可以护理一个症状，即深夜聚会后头疼。你也能护理一些坏的事情，如"grudge"即对某人长期愤恨。如果你"nurse a grudge",你将永保愤恨，不随时间减轻。
你也能以另一种方式用"nurse"。如你能"nurse a drink."意思不是你去治疗它，而是慢慢喝它。例如:"if I go to a costly restaurant and buy a $15 drink, I might nurse it to make it last the whole meal."
doctor
doctor也可以作动词，“The Merriam-Webster”在线词典上的解释是医疗。
doctor有时可以是"fix"的意思，如:“he has doctored that clock several times.”但这种用法很少。
更常用的动词形式to doctor,意思是以诚实或不诚实的方法改变一些事情。例如:
“the school board official was accused of doctoring her study results. She was caught changing the results to fit her policy needs.”
当我们用诚实或不诚实的方法改变某事时，也可以加上up.如:“the writer doctored up the script to better fit the actor. Here is a dishonest example: The legal team was accused of doctoring up photographs of evidence.”
下面看doctor的几种表达:
"just what the doctor ordered."即If something is exactly what you want or need。
"hits the spot,"即it is just what you need at that time
“Doctors make the worst patients.”This means it is difficult to give people advice about something which they do for a living. This is because they might feel they know better than the person giving the advice.即你自我感觉比别人的忠告更好。
如Marry建议老板通过银行*款贷**来处理他的债务，老板说我知道这么处理我的钱。marry摇摇头说:"It's true. Doctors make the worst patients."
We use the word "nurse" as a verb. You can nurse a person or animal back to health. And you can nurse a patient, helping that person heal or get better.
But you can also nurse a symptom, something unhealthy like a headache after a late-night party. You can nurse other bad things too, like a grudge. A grudge is a strong feeling of anger toward someone that lasts for a long time. If you nurse a grudge, you keep the anger alive. You make sure it doesn't lessen over time.
You can use the verb "nurse" in other ways. For example, you can "nurse a drink." That doesn't mean you are trying to heal it, but rather you drink it very slowly, to make it last longer. For example, if I go to a costly restaurant and buy a $15 drink, I might nurse it to make it last the whole meal.
The word "doctor" is also used as a verb. The Merriam-Webster online dictionary says that one meaning of the verb "doctor" is to give medical treatment. For example, she doctored her sick friend.
Sometimes people say "doctor" to mean "fix." For example, he has doctored that clock several times. But again, this usage is rare.
A more common usage of the verb "to doctor" is to change something in an honest or dishonest way. For example, the school board official was accused of doctoring her study results. She was caught changing the results to fit her policy needs.
When we change something, either in an honest or dishonest way, we sometimes add the word "up" to "doctor."
For example, the writer doctored up the script to better fit the actor. Here is a dishonest example: The legal team was accused of doctoring up photographs of evidence.
Now, let's hear two expressions using the word doctor.
If something is exactly what you want or need, it is "just what the doctor ordered." This expression can be used in many situations. For example, if I worked all week, a night on the couch with a good movie might be just what the doctor ordered.
we talked about another expression that means the same thing. If something "hits the spot," it is just what you need at that time.
Our last expression is this: Doctors make the worst patients.
This means it is difficult to give people advice about something which they do for a living. This is because they might feel they know better than the person giving the advice.
For example, Mary tried to persuade her boss at the bank to seek help for his growing debt. But he got angry. He said he knew best how to deal with his money. She just shook her head and said to herself, "It's true. Doctors make the worst patients."