中国患者受益于医疗改革

短语讲解：

1. He suffers from diabetes and coronary heart disease.

suffer from因(疾病)而痛或不舒服;因...而更糟;受...之苦
例句：She often suffers from headaches.
她常常头痛。

2. The elderly man says the government's ongoing medical reforms have greatly alleviated his financial burden so he spends less of his pension on medicine.

spend on把…花在…
例句：He doesn't spend much time on his homework.
他花在作业上的时间不多。

3. The prices of the medicines have gone down.

go down沉下; 落下; 降低
例句：Prices began to go down.
物价开始下降。

4. The move is designed to control rising drug prices as many hospitals have sought to make a profit by over-prescribing medicine to patients.

seek to设法; 企图，试图
例句：I sought to change her mind.
我试图改变她的心意。

5. The Health Ministry says the prices of basic drugs have dropped by 25 percent on average compared to what they were before the policy took effect.

compare to与…相比
例句：The writer was compared to Shakespeare.
把这个作家与莎士比亚进行了比较。
take effect生效, 奏效
例句：The prescribed medicine failed to take effect.
医生开的药没有见效。

6. Besides setting up such a medicine system, the Chinese government has also expanded a partially public-financed health care network over the past three years.

set up建立，建造, 创立, 竖立
例句：Plenty of foreign firms have set up factories here.
很多外国公司已在这里开办工厂。

7. Klaus Roland, World Bank Country Director for China, speaks highly of the achievement.

speak highly of赞扬
例句：All who know him speak highly of him. 
凡是认识他的人, 没有不称赞他的。
 
8. People look to China when they want to develop solutions for their own developing problems.

look to依靠〔指望〕(某人或某事)
例句：She has always looked to her parents for advice.
她总是指望她的父母替她出主意。

9. Moreover, we will speed up the reform of public hospitals.

speed up (使)加速
例句：We are speeding up the mechanization of our agriculture.
我们正在加快农业机械化的步伐。

10. In recent years, Chinese patients have complained of high medical costs and difficulty in accessing decent medical service.

complain of抱怨, 诉苦
例句：He complained of being underpaid.
他抱怨工资太低。