of or relating to the observation and treatment of actual patients rather than theoretical or laboratory studies 临床的,临诊的 clinical medicine. 临床医学。 clinical drug trials. 临床药物试验。 ■(of a disease or condition) causing observable and recognizable symptoms (疾病,病况)引起明显症状的
very efficient and without feeling; coldly detached 冷静能干的,客观的;冷淡疏远的,不偏不倚的 nothing was left to chance—everything was clinical. 再不能冒险了——一切都不偏不倚。 ■(of a room or building) bare, functional, and clean (房间,建筑物)简洁实用的
派生 语源
late 18th cent.: from Greek klinikē 'bedside' (see clinic) + -al