| 单词 | remedy |
| 释义 | rem·e·dy I. 1. 2. < whose simple remedy for discontent was the wall and the firing-squad — H.J.Laski > 3. 4. 5. Synonyms: < patent medicines and cold remedies > < a toothache remedy > < much has been written on the subject of fear and many inspirational and emotional remedies have been suggested — W.J.Reilly > < a homely remedy is to rub a moist cake of carbolic soap over the skin — F.D.Smith & Barbara Wilcox > < psychoanalysis as a remedy for mental ills > cure, more positive than remedy in implying complete recovery or restoration of health, is a common term to designate anything advocated as being or thought to be conducive to complete recovery < no known specific cure for tuberculosis — Therapeutic Notes > < the climate was advertised during the eighties as a cure for tuberculosis — American Guide Series: Minnesota > < reaching into the medicine cabinet for a cure for the baby — W.J.Reilly > < all current surgical intervention in mental disease is not proposed as a cure — Collier's Year Book > medicine is the ordinary term for any substance or preparation taken internally in treating a disturbance of the normal functions of the body < most medicines are alleviative in their action and not definitely curative — A.C.Morrison > < the witch doctor is there to give them some magic medicine to drink — J.G.Frazer > medicament or medication are general terms especially used by doctors and pharmacists for all medicinal substances and preparations whether taken internally or applied externally < doctors admit that they can do more for their patients now that they do not have to worry about the size of their bills and the cost of medicaments — New Statesman & Nation > < made the rounds of her five patients with a medicament of her own — a quart of Grandfather's best bonded bourbon — J.A.Maxwell > < prescribe several kinds of medication hoping to hit on a cure > specific is applied to something, usually a drug, known to be effective in curing a specific disease < various rheumatism specifics containing cinchophen, found to have notably injurious effects on the liver — Encyc. Americana > physic is the archaic equivalent of medicine < this first revolt against authority took the form of refusing physic when he was ill — Agnes Repplier > in modern use it has specialized to become synonymous with purgative or cathartic. II. 1. obsolete 2. < certain mental blocks can be remedied — Stuart Chase > < some defect in total mobilization to be remedied in time — H.W.Neuberg > Synonyms: see correct, cure |
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