核心畫面

Picture the person others go to when they are stuck. They do not run the department and they may not even work there — they are brought in because they know this one thing very well, they say what they think, and then the decision goes back to the people who called them.

可以想成:大家卡住的時候會去找的那個人。他不管事、甚至不一定是這裡的員工,被請來就是因為他把這一塊摸得很透;他給出看更多收起可以想成:大家卡住的時候會去找的那個人。他不管事、甚至不一定是這裡的員工,被請來就是因為他把這一塊摸得很透;他給出看法,決定權再回到請他來的人手上。consultant 就是站在這個位置上的人——他的價值在懂,不在管。

From the picture

英國醫院裡的主治層級

英國醫院把同一個角色寫進了職稱:這位醫師是某一科的最資深專家,別的醫師遇到難的病例會把病人轉給他看。還是「大家來請教的那個人」,只是這個位置被固定成一個正式的醫療職級。

senior hospital doctor · noun · B2

British English: a very experienced doctor in a hospital who is an expert in one part of medicine.

顧問醫師

Also in this word

paid expert adviser · noun · B2

a person with special knowledge or skill in a subject, who a company or organization pays for advice.

顧問

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

consultantnoun/kənˈsʌl.tənt/

  • 1

    A person or party that is consulted.

  • 2

    A person whose occupation is to be consulted for their expertise, advice, service or help in an area or specialty; a party whose business is to be similarly consulted.

  • 3

    human-scienceslinguisticssciencesSynonym of informant.

  • 4

    medicinesciencesA senior hospital-based physician or surgeon who has completed all specialist training and has been placed on the specialist register in their chosen speciality, roughly equivalent to an attending physician in North America.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。