medicine
美音:
[´medəsən
]英音:
[´medəsən
]n.药,医学,内科学,内服药 vt.给...用药
难易程度:
medicine为中学词汇
词频:2677
词根
med=to heal(治疗)
近义词, 同义词
medicine
/'medsn; [US] 'medɪsn; `mɛdəsn/
n
1 [U] (art and science of the) prevention and cure of disease, esp by drugs, diet, etc, but sometimes including surgery also 医术; 医学
*study medicine at the university 在大学学医
* practise medicine 行医
* a Doctor of Medicine 医学博士
* ethical problems in medicine 医学中的道德问题.
2 [C, U] (type of) substance, esp one taken through the mouth, used in curing disease 药; (尤指)内服药
*Has nurse given you your medicine? 护士给你服过药了吗?
* Don't take too much medicine. 药不要吃得太多.
* cough medicine(s) 咳嗽药.
3 (idm 习语) some, a little, a taste, etc of one's own `medicine the same bad treatment one has given to others 受到报应
*The smaller boys badly wanted to give the bully a dose of his own medicine. 那些小男孩儿巴不得让那欺负人的坏蛋也尝点苦头. take one's `medicine (like a `man) (esp joc 尤作戏谑语) submit to punishment, sth unpleasant, etc (without complaining) 认罚, 忍受不快的事物(无怨言)
*He really hates shopping but he goes anyway, and takes his medicine like a man. 他实在讨厌买东西, 但还是硬着头皮去了.
medicine
n
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French;Origin:Latin medicina, from medicus; MEDICAL]
[U and C]
a substance used for treating illness, especially a liquid you drink
Medicines should be kept out of the reach of children.
Have you been taking your medicine ?
a medicine bottle
medicine chest/cabinet
(=for keeping medicine in)
[U]
the treatment and study of illnesses and injuries
She studied medicine at John Hopkins University.
the remarkable achievements of modern medicine
complementary/alternative/folk etc medicine
traditional Chinese medicine
the best medicine
the best way of making you feel better when you are sad
Laughter is the best medicine.
give someone a dose/taste of their own medicine
to treat someone as badly as they have treated you
take your medicine (like a man)
to accept an unpleasant situation or a punishment that you deserve, without complaining
HINT sense 1
Do not say that you 'drink medicine'. Say that you take your medicine .
1. But the cause of malaria remained unknown to 17th-century medicine, and so there was investigation by experiment. 但对于17世纪的医学来说,疟疾的起因仍属未知,所以便通过实验来进行调查。
2. By using pain-killing drugs that wear off quickly and a simple pain medicine, patients weren't driven into a long sleep and could breathe on their own sooner. 使用药性消失得快的止痛药和简单的止痛片,病人不会沉睡太久,而且能更快恢复自行呼吸。
3. The doctor gave him some medicine to abate the pain. 那医生给他一些蕴含以减轻痛苦。
4. The medicine has a disgusting taste. 这药有另人令人作呕的滋味,
5. The medicine is still effectual. 那药仍然有效.
6. The effect of the medicine on the sick man was magical. 药对病人的效力是不可思议的。
7. The medicine brought me relief. 这药减轻了我的痛苦。
8. They are able to carry tangible medicine. 他们能带一些实实在在的药物.
9. The great advantage of taking medicine is that it makes no demands on the taker beyond that of putting up for a moment with a disgusting taste, 服药的最大优点是:除了暂时忍受一下令人作呕的味道外,对服药人别无其他要求。
10. They had splashed some medicine on the wounds, tied them with a bandage and sent him on his way. 他们在他的伤口上涂了些药,给伤口扎上绷带,然后就送他上路。
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