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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   cure

   • IPA[kyo͝or]

   美式

   • v.
     relieve (a person or animal) of the symptoms of a disease or condition；eliminate (a disease, condition, or injury) with medical treatment
   • n.
     a substance or treatment that cures a disease or condition；restoration to health

   • verb: cure, 3rd person present: cures, gerund or present participle: curing, past tense: cured, past participle: cured

   • noun: cure, plural noun: cures

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. relieve (a person or animal) of the symptoms of a disease or condition he was cured of the disease centuries of science have not cured us of our superstitions 同義詞 heal, restore to health, make well, make better, restore, ... 更多rehabilitate, treat successfully, archaiccleanse
   • ▪ eliminate (a disease, condition, or injury) with medical treatment this technology could be used to cure diabetes
   • ▪ solve (a problem) stopping foreign investment is no way to cure the fundamental problem 同義詞 rectify, remedy, put right, set right, right, ... 更多set to rights, fix, mend, repair, heal, make better, ameliorate, alleviate, ease, solve, sort out, be the answer/solution to, eliminate, do away with, end, put an end to, remove, counteract, correct反義詞 exacerbate, aggravate
   • 2. preserve (meat, fish, tobacco, or an animal skin) by various methods such as salting, drying, or smoking home-cured ham some farmers cured their own bacon 同義詞 preserve, smoke, salt, dry, kipper, ... 更多pickle
   • ▪ harden (rubber, plastic, concrete, etc.) after manufacture by a chemical process such as vulcanization the early synthetic rubbers were much more difficult to cure than natural rubber
   • ▪ undergo curing by a chemical process the mastic takes days to cure

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a substance or treatment that cures a disease or condition the search for a cure for the common cold 同義詞 remedy, curative, medicine, medication, medicament, ... 更多restorative, corrective, antidote, antiserum, (course of) treatment, therapy, healing, alleviation, nostrum, panacea, cure-all, archaicphysic, specific
   • ▪ restoration to health he was beyond cure 同義詞 healing, restoration to health
   • ▪ a solution to a problem the cure is to improve the clutch operation 同義詞 solution, answer, antidote, nostrum, panacea, ... 更多cure-all, magic formula, informalquick fix, magic bullet
   • 2. the process of curing rubber, plastic, or other material.
   • 3. a Christian minister's pastoral charge or area of responsibility for spiritual ministry a benefice involving the cure of souls
   • ▪ a parish he had been at this cure for four years