🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

私人执业

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sīrén zhíyè

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Private Practice/ˈpraɪ.vɪt ˈpræk.tɪs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"她在医院工作多年后,决定开设私人执业。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A professional practice operated by an individual or a group of professionals, typically in fields such as medicine, law, or counseling, where services are provided directly to clients or patients.

    "After years of working in a hospital, she decided to open her own private practice to better serve her patients."
  2. 2

    The act of providing professional services in a non-institutional setting.

    "His private practice allows him to focus on personalized care for each of his clients."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'private practice' originates from the combination of 'private', derived from the Latin 'privatus', meaning 'personal' or 'individual', and 'practice', which comes from the Greek 'praktikē', meaning 'to do'. The phrase has evolved to refer specifically to professional services offered by individuals outside of institutional settings, particularly in fields like medicine and law.

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