remedy
英 [ˈrem.ə.di]
美 [ˈrem.ə.di]
remedy 补救,纠正,改正re-,表强调,-med,救治,词源同 medical,medicine.
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remedy: [13] Remedy is closely related to medicine. It comes via Anglo-Norman remedie from Latin remedium ‘medicine’ a noun formed from the same stem, med-, as produced medērī ‘heal’ (source of English medical, medicine, etc). The extension in meaning from ‘medicine’ to ‘something that corrects a wrong’ took place in Latin.
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- remedy (n.)
- c. 1200, "cure for a disease or disorder; means of counteracting an evil," from Anglo-French remedie, Old French remede "remedy, cure" (12c., Modern French remède) and directly from Latin remedium "a cure, remedy, medicine, antidote, that which restores health," from re-, intensive prefix (or perhaps literally, "again;" see re-), + mederi "to heal" (see medical (adj.)). Figurative use from c. 1300.
- remedy (v.)
- c. 1400, from Old French remedier or directly from Latin remediare, from remedium (see remedy (n.)). Related: Remedied; remedying.
- 1. Camomile has long been used as a remedy for teething babies.
- 春黄菊长期以来一直用作减轻婴儿出牙时的不适的药物。
- 2. Their remedy lay within the range of existent technology.
- 他们的治疗方法利用现有技术可以实现。
- 3. I'll try a herbal remedy to calm him down.
- 我来用草药试试,看能不能让他镇静下来。
- 4. The remedy lies in the hands of the government.
- 解决良策掌握在政府手中。
- 5. Caution: large doses of this remedy are emetic.
- 注意:大量服用这种药物会引致呕吐。