medicate
verb /ˈmedɪkeɪt/
/ˈmedɪkeɪt/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they medicate | /ˈmedɪkeɪt/ /ˈmedɪkeɪt/ |
| he / she / it medicates | /ˈmedɪkeɪts/ /ˈmedɪkeɪts/ |
| past simple medicated | /ˈmedɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˈmedɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle medicated | /ˈmedɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˈmedɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form medicating | /ˈmedɪkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈmedɪkeɪtɪŋ/ |
- to give somebody medicine, especially a drug that affects their behaviour
给…用药（尤指影响行为的药物）；用药物治疗 - medicate somebody (with something) Resist the temptation to medicate your child with over-the-counter remedies.
抵制用非处方药给孩子用药的诱惑。 - medicate somebody for something He is being medicated for high blood pressure.
他正在接受高血压药物治疗。
- medicate somebody (with something) Resist the temptation to medicate your child with over-the-counter remedies.
- medicate something to treat a health problem using medicine or a drug
药物： 使用药物或药物治疗健康问题- Sometimes we medicate the symptoms without fixing the underlying problem.
有时我们治标不治本。
- Sometimes we medicate the symptoms without fixing the underlying problem.
词源early 17th cent.: from Latin medicat- ‘treated’, from the verb medicari ‘administer remedies to’, from medicus ‘physician’, from mederi ‘heal’.