medication

英 [ˌmedɪˈkeɪʃn]

美 [ˌmedɪˈkeɪʃn]

n.  药; 药物

复数：medications　

IELTSTEM8医学

Collins.2 / BNC.8710 / COCA.3149

牛津词典

noun

• 药；药物
  a drug or another form of medicine that you take to prevent or to treat an illness
  1. to be on medication
     进行药物治疗
  2. Are you currently taking any medication?
     你在服用什么药吗？
  3. Many flu medications are available without a prescription.
     许多流感药不用处方就可以买到。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 药物;药
  Medicationis medicine that is used to treat and cure illness.
  1. She stopped taking the prescribed medications...
     她不再服用医生开的药。
  2. Are you on any medication?
     你在服用什么药吗？

英英释义

noun

• the act of treating with medicines or remedies
• (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
  Synonym:medicinemedicamentmedicinal drug

双语例句

• “ The Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing ”, written more than 2,000 years ago, was the earliest book on materia medica in the world. Recorded in the book are over 300 kinds of animals, plants, and minerals used for medication.
  中国的《神农本草经》是世界上最古的本草书。写于2,000多年前，记载了300多种动植矿物。
• The main responsibility of the pharmacist is to provide safe and effective use of medication for the patient.
  药剂师的主要责任将为患者提供对疗程的安全和有效的用途。
• He was still taking some medication which slowed him down.
  他仍然在服用能够让他放松下来的药物。
• It really is best to manage without any medication if you possibly can
  如果你不服用任何药物就能挺过去的话，最好不过了。
• Practices like meditation, exercise, and cognitive therapy have shown comparable short-term efficacy to medication.
  做做冥思、锻炼和认知疗法，其短期疗效可以和药物治疗相差无几。
• As a precautionary measure repeat the medication.
  作为预防性措施，请重复用药。
• No medication works in isolation but is affected to a greater or lesser extent by many other factors
  药物治疗不可能孤立地发生作用，多多少少会受很多其他因素的影响。
• She set the alarm so she'd wake up in time to give her two sons their medication.
  她定了闹钟，以便及时醒来给两个儿子服药。
• The doctor switched Tom's medication since some symptoms of allergy happened to him.
  汤姆出现了一些过敏症状，因此医生给他换了药。
• We are simply going to readjust her medication and see how things are.
  我们要做的只是调整她的用药，然后再看看情况怎样。