The cancer had metastasized and the patient could not be saved.是什么意思？

The cancer had metastasized and the patient could not be saved.

癌细胞已扩散,这名患者无法挽救了.

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

cancer

n. 癌症，恶性肿瘤，弊病，社会恶习，迅速蔓延的恶劣的或危险的事物，[天]巨蟹座，巨蟹宫；

例句
An increasing body of evidence suggests that all of us have cancer cells in our bodies at times during our lives.
越来越多的证据表明，我们所有人一生中体内时有癌细胞存在。

had

v. 有（ have的过去式和过去分词 ），（亲属关系中）接受，拿，买到；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

metastasized

v. 转移( metastasize的过去式和过去分词 )；

例句
By 1945 that cancer had metastasized all through the Fatherland.
到了一九四五年,即癌症已经扩散到了祖国各地.

and

conj. 和，与，而且，于是，然后，因此；

例句
I spend a lot on expensive jewelry and clothing...
我花很多钱购买昂贵的首饰和衣服。

patient

adj. 有耐性的，能容忍的；n. 患者，病人，病号；

例句
...the operation a patient has had.
病人做过的手术

could

aux. “can”的过去式，能够，打算，用于假设语气的条件句，用于虚拟语气的结论句；

例句
The regulations were relaxed and the prisoners could get out and about a bit.
规定有所放宽，犯人可以出去短暂放风。

not

adv. 不，[用以表示否定、否认、拒绝、禁止等]不是，几乎不，未必，没有[用于否定后面的词或短语]；

例句
It became very clear that the incident was not just an aberration, it was not just a single incident.
事实已经很清楚，这件事不是偶发的，它并不是一起孤立的事件。

be

v. 是，有，存在，做，成为，发生；aux. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质；

例句
The older child should be able to prepare a simple meal...
那个年纪稍大的孩子应当会做一顿简单的饭菜。

saved

v. 拯救( save的过去式和过去分词 )，收集，保留，避免；

例句
His meager allotment of gas had to be saved for emergencies.
他分到的那一点点煤气必须留着急用。