0 one of the parts or large rooms into which a hospital is divided, usually with beds for patients -- 病房，病室
a geriatric/maternity/psychiatric ward 老年人／產科／精神病病房
1 (in many countries) one of the areas into which a city or town is divided, having its own elected political representative or its own organizations for managing services -- （城鎮或村莊的）區，選區
2 a person, especially a child, who is legally put under the protection of a law court or a guardian -- 被監護人（尤指兒童）
The emergency wards are full of casualties from the crash.
There they shared wards with non-addicted patients with acute hepatitis.
In the ten worst housed wards, labour enjoyed solid success in six while it was only predominant in the other four.
Strategies to address the increase in elderly admissions to hospital have included the development of admissions wards to which all acute admissions are received.
