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take [determiner] medicine
泛指服药
You should take this medicine three times a day.
你应该每天服用这种药三次。
内科
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
内科
the branch of medical science concerned with treating disease by nonsurgical means
You should take this medicine three times a day.
你应该每天服用这种药三次。
指非手术治疗的医学分支，与“外科”相对。
通过摄入或服用等方式促进愈合的物质；药物。
A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.
医学中涉及非手术技术的分支
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
任何治疗或疗法。
Any treatment or cure.
治疗、预防或缓解疾病症状的药物
(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
After working in surgery for five years, Dr. Lee decided to focus on medicine.
在外科工作了五年之后，李医生决定专攻内科。
AI contextual example
The hospital's department of medicine is on the third floor, while surgery is on the fifth.
医院的内科在三楼，外科在五楼。
AI contextual example
In her final year, she chose medicine because she preferred treating patients with drugs and therapy over performing operations.
在最后一年，她选择了内科，因为她更愿意用药物和疗法治疗病人，而不是做手术。
AI contextual example
he studied medicine at Harvard
他在哈佛学习医学。
WordNet
泛指服药
You should take this medicine three times a day.
你应该每天服用这种药三次。
The doctor prescribed some medicine for my cough.
医生为我的咳嗽开了一些药。
指从事医生职业
She has been practicing medicine for over twenty years.
她行医已经二十多年了。
He is studying medicine at university.
他在大学学医。
Not this
I need to medicine my wound.
Use this
I need to medicate my wound.
在英语中，medicine是名词，不能直接用作动词。中文“用药”是动词，但英语对应的动词是medicate。应使用动词形式或短语apply medicine。
Not this
He takes drugs for his headache every day.
Use this
He takes medicine for his headache every day.
Drug在英语中常指毒品或滥用药物，而medicine指治病的药。用drug表示治病药可能引起误解，应使用medicine。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
服药
You should take this medicine three times a day.
你应该每天服用这种药三次。
草药
Herbal medicine has been used for centuries.
草药已经被使用了几个世纪。
中医
Many people believe in traditional Chinese medicine.
许多人相信中医。
行医
She decided to practise medicine in rural areas.
她决定在农村地区行医。
急诊医学
Emergency medicine requires quick decision-making.
急诊医学需要快速决策。
药柜
Please put the pills back in the medicine cabinet.
请把药片放回药柜。
承担后果
He broke the window and had to take his medicine.
他打破了窗户，不得不承担后果。
自食其果
He was rude to others, and now he's getting a taste of his own medicine.
他对别人粗鲁，现在自食其果了。
笑是最好的良药
When I'm feeling down, I watch a comedy because laughter is the best medicine.
当我情绪低落时，我看喜剧，因为笑是最好的良药。
一勺糖能帮助药下咽。
A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.
一勺糖能帮助药下咽。
你是我的药。
You're my medicine.
你是我的药。
Use medicine naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想'medicine'由'med'（医疗）和'icine'（我信）组成，相信医学。
作为“药”义时，为中性语域，普遍用于日常生活与医疗场景。正式场合或学术语境中则多采用“药物”或“药品”。
作可数名词时表示多种药物，不可数时表示药物总称或医学学科。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.