doctor

médecin, docteur

Personne formée pour soigner les malades et les blessés.

En anglais simple : A person trained to treat people who are ill or injured.

• I need to see a doctor.
• The doctor checked my ears.
• Have you made an appointment with your doctor?

Synonymes : physician

Expressions courantes : see a doctor, family doctor, doctor’s appointment, local doctor

docteur

Personne ayant obtenu un doctorat, le plus haut diplôme universitaire dans une discipline.

En anglais simple : A person who has earned the highest university degree in a subject.

• She is a doctor of philosophy.
• The university awarded him the title of doctor.
• As a doctor of history, she studies ancient cities.

Comment l'utiliser : doctor of something (He is a doctor of education.)

Expressions courantes : doctor of philosophy, doctor of something, become a doctor

soigner

Soigner une personne malade ou blessée en tant que médecin.

En anglais simple : To treat someone who is ill or injured as a medical professional.

• She doctored the sick villagers.
• He spent years doctoring people in remote towns.
• Who will doctor the injured travelers?

Synonymes : treat, care for

Expressions courantes : doctor someone, doctor the sick

conférer un doctorat

Attribuer à quelqu’un le plus haut diplôme universitaire et le titre de docteur.

En anglais simple : To give someone the highest university degree and its title.

• The university doctored the young scholar.
• Several graduates were doctored at the ceremony.
• The college will doctor him in recognition of his research.

Synonymes : award a doctorate to

Expressions courantes : doctor a scholar, doctor someone

modifier

Modifier physiquement un être vivant pour contrôler sa croissance ou son comportement.

En anglais simple : To physically change a living thing to control how it grows or behaves.

• They doctored the trees to keep them small.
• The gardener doctored the young plants by cutting their roots.
• The farmer had doctored the animal to change its behavior.

Synonymes : alter, modify

Expressions courantes : doctor apple trees, doctor an animal

modifier génétiquement

Changer les gènes d’un être vivant.

En anglais simple : To change the genes of a living thing.

• Scientists doctored the bacteria to produce a useful substance.
• The team is doctoring the crop’s genes.
• Can researchers doctor this species to resist disease?

Synonymes : genetically modify

Expressions courantes : doctor a species, genetically doctor something