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cure + disease/illness
This medicine can cure the disease.
这种药可以治愈这种疾病。
治愈；治好
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治愈；治好
to make someone healthy again or to end an illness; to stop a bad habit or problem
This medicine can cure the disease.
这种药可以治愈这种疾病。
恢复健康。
To restore to health.
使(疾病或其不良影响)结束。
To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
使消除(缺陷)。
To cause to be rid of (a defect).
准备或改变,尤指通过化学或物理处理以便保存或使用。
To prepare or alter, especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
cure
Base
原形
cures
3rd person
第三人称单数
curing
-ing
现在分词
cured
Past
过去式
cured
Past participle
过去分词
She cures patients with natural remedies.
她用自然疗法治疗病人。
The medicine cured his illness.
这种药治好了他的病。
They have cured the meat for weeks.
他们已经腌制肉好几个星期了。
cure 是规则动词，过去式和过去分词为 cured。
The doctor cured the patient with a new medicine.
医生用新药治愈了病人。
This herbal tea can cure a mild headache.
这种草药茶可以缓解轻微头痛。
She has been curing diseases for over thirty years.
她三十多年来一直致力于治疗疾病。
This medicine can cure the disease.
这种药可以治愈这种疾病。
注意结构：cure + 某人 + of + 疾病。
The doctor cured him of his illness.
医生治好了他的病。
They cure the meat to preserve it.
他们腌制肉类以保存它。
Not this
The doctor cured him from the illness.
Use this
The doctor cured him of the illness.
动词cure表示‘治愈某人某种疾病’时，搭配介词of，而非from。
Not this
This medicine can cure to the disease.
Use this
This medicine can cure the disease.
cure是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词to。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
治愈疾病
This new drug can cure the disease.
这种新药能治愈这种疾病。
消除某人的恐惧
The training cured him of his fear of public speaking.
这次训练消除了他对公开演讲的恐惧。
腌制肉类
I learned to cure meat by salting and smoking it.
我学会了用盐腌和烟熏的方法腌制肉类。
养护混凝土
The concrete must be kept damp for a week to cure properly.
混凝土必须保持湿润一周才能养护到位。
孤注一掷；成败在此一举
The doctor warned that the treatment was kill or cure.
医生警告说，这种治疗要么彻底成功，要么彻底失败。
无法改变的事只能忍受；无能为力时只能接受
We missed the last train home, but what can't be cured must be endured.
我们错过了回家的末班火车，但无法改变的事只能忍受。
时间治愈一切。
People say 'time cures all things' to comfort the heartbroken, because time can eventually cure pain.
人们说“时间治愈一切”来安慰心碎的人，因为时间终能治愈痛苦。
愚蠢无药可救。
This quote from comedian Ron White is often said jokingly after someone does something foolish, to mean that no medicine or effort can cure their lack of intelligence.
这句来自喜剧演员罗恩·怀特的话，常在某人做傻事后开玩笑地说，意思是任何药物或努力都无法治愈他们的愚蠢。
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记忆：对比care，多一个u(you)的用心，才能cure（治愈）。
语域：mixed 常见场景：医疗/健康、食品加工、工业/材料 cure 作动词用时，语义会随着搭配领域变化，语体也相应不同：在医疗或日常语境中多表示“治愈；治好”，语气比较中性；在食品保藏或化工、材料等专业语境中，则多用于“腌制/加工保存”或“使凝固/硬化”等较为正式的意思。使用时建议根据具体话题选择合适的搭配，比较自然。
In American English, pure, sure, lure, endure, secure, and mature rhyme with cure /kjʊr/ because their stressed vowel and following /r/ match. Beware common lookalikes that do not rhyme: cute /kjuːt/, cube /kjuːb/, and curry /ˈkɜːri/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.