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| 1 | a large room in a hospital with beds for people to stay in 病房；病室 |
| asurgical/geriatric/psychiatric ward 外科/老年病科/精神病病房 |
| Jo is a staff nurse working on the maternity ward. 乔是产科病房的护士。 |
| admit sb to a ward (=bring them into hospital to stay) When Julie was admitted to the ward she was still in a lot of pain. 送某人住院 |
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| 2 | a small district that a city , town , or other area is divided into for local elections in the UK （英国城镇或其他地区为进行地方选举而划分成的）选区 |
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| 3 | legal someone , especially a child , who is officially being looked after by a court of law or by someone who is not their parents. The person who looks after them is their guardian 被监护人（尤指被法院或非父母的人监护的未成年者） |
| She was made a ward of court when her parents died. 父母去世以后，她由法院监护。 |
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