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A hospice is a special place, or a kind of care, for people who are dying, when the aim is no longer to cure the illness but to keep the person as comfortable as possible, and treated with care and respect. It is like a hospital in some ways, but it is not an ordinary hospital, and it is not a home for old people who are simply . Nurses, doctors, and families work there on pain, rest, and saying goodbye.
A hospice is a special place, or a kind of care, for people who are dyinghospice是一種特別的地方，或一種照顧方式，給快要過世的人， when the aim is no longer to cure the illness but to keep the person as comfortable as possible目標不再是治好病，而是讓這個人盡量舒服， and treated with care and respect並且受到關懷和尊重的對待。 It is like a hospital in some ways在某些方面它有點像醫院， but it is not an ordinary hospital但不是普通的醫院， and it is not a home for old people who are simply frail也不是給單純體弱的老人住的養老院。 Nurses, doctors, and families work there on pain, rest, and saying goodbye護理師、醫生和家人在那裡處理疼痛、休息，還有道別這件事。
The word is serious and kind.
The word is serious and kind這個字既嚴肅又溫柔。
English borrowed it from French hospice, from Latin hospitium, which meant hospitality and also an inn — a place that takes a guest in. The old idea of shelter is still there, though today the guests are people near the end of life.
English borrowed it from French hospice英文是從法文hospice借來的， from Latin hospitium而法文又來自拉丁文hospitium， which meant hospitality and also an inn意思是款待，也指一種小旅館 — a place that takes a guest in——一個接待客人的地方。 The old idea of shelter is still there那個「收容」的老概念還在， though today the guests are people near the end of life只是現在的客人是接近生命終點的人。
組成Borrowed from French hospice, from Old French hospise, from Latin hospitium (“hospitality, an inn”). Doublet of hospitium.
同家族的字
- hospitalsame Latin idea of a place that takes people in
- hospitalityfrom the same Latin word for hosting guests
原始詞典資料3 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。
hospicenoun/ˈhɑspɪs/
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datedA lodging for pilgrims or the destitute, normally provided by a monastic order.
- At the west end of the street is the ruined 13th-century hospice, known locally as Pilgrims' Rest. It was built by Bishop Beck for the use of travellers, and was used as place of rest by pilgrims on their way from Bardsey Island to St David's Cathedral.
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The provision of palliative care for terminally ill patients, either at a specialized facility or at a residence, and support for the family, typically refraining from taking extraordinary measures to prolong life.
- The modern concept of hospice and palliative nursing has its roots in the hospice movement. Introduced to the United States in the early 1960s, hospice has grown from one organization in 1971 to more than 3500 organizations in 2001.
- Thus, the introduction of hospice services marked a new beginning, not only for the care of the dying, but also for the practice of medicine as a whole.
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A specialized facility or organization offering palliative care for the terminally ill.
- Medicare reimbursement of hospice care is likely to be affected by the apparent reluctance of hospices to participate in the Medicare program.
- A small number of hospices were opened in the US in the 1890s, but these institutions differed from the hospices that came into being in the second part of the twentieth century in the following ways.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。