cure
noun
verb
kjʊə noun
1 a medicine or medical treatment that makes an illness go away 药,药剂; 疗法
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There is still no cure for AIDS.
艾滋病仍没有治疗办法。
2 something that solves a problem, or improves a bad situation 对策,措施;
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There is no easy cure for loneliness.
对付孤独没有简单的办法。
3 the act of making someone well again after an illness 治愈,治疗
The new treatment effected a miraculous cure.
这种新疗法产生了奇迹般的疗效。
verb
4 to make an illness or medical condition go away 治愈,治好〔疾病〕
Many types of cancer can now be cured.
现在许多癌症都可以治好。
an operation that can cure short-sightedness in 15 minutes
15 分钟就可治愈近视的一种手术
5 to make someone well again after they have been ill 治愈〔病人〕;
She had some acupuncture treatment which seems to have cured her.
她接受了一些针刺疗法,好像把她的病给治好了。
cure sb of sth
90% of patients can be cured of the disease.
这种疾病 90% 的患者都可以治愈。
6 to solve a problem, or improve a bad situation 解决〔问题〕; 改善〔困境〕
Attempts to cure unemployment have so far failed.
到目前为止,解决失业问题的种种努力都失败了。
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cure sb of sth
to make someone stop behaving in a particular way or stop them having a particular feeling or attitude 矫正 (改正 )某人的不良行为
Nothing could cure her of her impatience with Anna.
她就是改不了对安娜的不耐烦态度。
8 to preserve food, tobacco etc by drying it, hanging it in smoke, or covering it with salt 〔用晒、熏、腌等方法〕保存〔食品、烟草等〕
cured ham
腌制的火腿