Word · Frequency #8710
medication
药物；药剂
核心释义
a medicine or drug used to treat or prevent illness
- 1.
药物；患者定期服用的所有药物
A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.
- 2.
药物
(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
- 3.
用药,给药
The administration of medicine.
- 4.
药物治疗
the act of treating with medicines or remedies
用药；给药；药物治疗；药物；患者定期服用的所有药物；药物；用药,给药；药物治疗
用法In use
I forgot to take my medication this morning.
用法提示：medication 在此作名词，指所服用的药物。
The doctor increased her medication to help with the pain.
用法提示：medication 指药物，作名词。
Some medications should be kept in a cool, dry place.
用法提示：medications 为 medication 的复数形式，泛指多种药物。
be on medication
He has been on medication for his high blood pressure.
他一直在服用治疗高血压的药物。
take medication
Remember to take your medication after meals.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- take medication
- 服药
- You should take your medication at the same time every day.你应该每天在同一时间服药。
- prescribe medication
- 开药
- The doctor prescribed medication for his high blood pressure.医生为他的高血压开了药。
- over-the-counter medication
- 非处方药
- Many over-the-counter medications can relieve cold symptoms.许多非处方药可以缓解感冒症状。
- medication adherence
- 服药依从性
- Poor medication adherence can lead to treatment failure.服药依从性差可能导致治疗失败。
- medication regimen
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
将 medication 拆为 med（药物）和 ication（过程），即药物治疗
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：medical consultation、healthcare 该词多用于正式医疗场合，日常口语中更常用medicine。
语法说明Grammar Note
表示‘正在接受药物治疗’时常用短语 be on medication，其中的 medication 为不可数名词；表示‘某种药物’时可用复数 medications。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -tion: education, location, application, and communication rhyme with medication (all share /keɪʃən/). Information and situation differ in their stressed vowel sound (/meɪʃən/ and /eɪʃən/ respectively) and thus do not form perfect rhymes.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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