cohort
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++co·hort /ˈkəʊhɔːt $ ˈkoʊhɔːrt/ noun [countable] 1 GROUP OF PEOPLEsomeone’s cohorts are their friends who support them and stay loyal to them – used to show disapproval 同伙,支持者〔含贬义〕 Mark and his cohorts eventually emerged from the studio. 马克和他的同伴终于从工作室里出来了。2 technical a group of people of the same age, social class etc, especially when they are being studied 〔尤指作为研究对象的相同年龄、社会阶层等的〕一批人,一群人 a cohort of 386 patients aged 65 plus 386名65岁以上的病人
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cohort• Our findings are based on a cohort of women seeking insemination treatment because their partners had a fertility problem.• The 74 million Baby-Boom cohort dwarfs the 40 million Generation Xers.• It hit 58 percent in a gay cohort in Denver by 1985, and 58 percent in Seattle in 1986.• Hawk and his cohorts cheated Jack out of a fortune.• It is highly probable that many of those in the initial cohort of patients would have died.• "Baby boomers" are the largest cohort of Americans living today.• Figures for 1984 show 67. 4 percent of the cohort infected.• The overall in-hospital mortality of 15.6% of this cohort was similar to short-term mortality of similar cohorts in previous studies.• By 1984,43. 7 percent of the New York cohort was infected.Origin cohort (1400-1500) Latin cohors “enclosed place, people in an enclosure, unit of soldiers in the ancient Roman army”co·hort nounChineseSyllable
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cohort
co‧hort /ˈkəʊhɔːt $ ˈkoʊhɔːrt/
noun [countable]
Mark and his cohorts eventually emerged from the studio.
2. technical a group of people of the same age, social class etc, especially when they are being studied:
a cohort of 386 patients aged 65 plus
co‧hort /ˈkəʊhɔːt $ ˈkoʊhɔːrt/
noun [countable] Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: cohors __enclosed place, people in an enclosure, unit of soldiers in the ancient Roman army__
1. someone’s cohorts are their friends who support them and stay loyal to them – used in order to show disapproval:Language: Latin
Origin: cohors __enclosed place, people in an enclosure, unit of soldiers in the ancient Roman army__
2. technical a group of people of the same age, social class etc, especially when they are being studied: