1cure sb (of sth) to make sb healthy again after an illness 使恢复健康;使痊愈:
The treatment cured him of cancer.这种疗法把他的癌症治好了。
2 to make an illness, injury, etc end or disappear 治愈,根治(疾病、损伤等):
It is still not possible to cure the common cold.普通的感冒仍然无法可治。 (figurative 比喻)The plumber cured the problem with the central heating.管子工修好了中央供暖设备。
3 to make certain types of food last longer by drying, smoking or salting them (用风干、烟熏或盐腌等方法)保存,处理(某些食物):
cured ham经腌制的火腿
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/kjʊə(r) ||; kjυr/noun
[C] a cure (for sth)
1 a medicine or treatment that can cure an illness, etc 药物;治疗方法:
There is no cure for this illness.这种病还没有药物可以治疗。
2 a return to good health; the process of being cured 痊愈;治愈;治疗过程:
The new drug brought about a miraculous cure.这种新药有神奇的疗效。
cure1/kjUr; kjʊə/v [T]1 to make an illness or injury better [→ heal] 治好﹐治愈: This type of cancer can be cured. 这种癌症可以治愈。cure sb of sth 90% of patients can be cured of the disease. 这种病 90% 的患者都可以治好。2 to solve a problem, or improve a bad situation 解决〔问题〕﹔改善〔坏情况〕: an attempt to cure unemployment 解决失业问题的努力3 to preserve food by drying it, hanging it in smoke, or covering it with salt〔通过晒﹑熏或腌〕保存〔食物〕: cured ham 腌制的火腿
cure2n [C] 1 a medicine or treatment that makes an illness go away 药物﹔疗法: +for a cure for AIDS 治疗艾滋病的药物2 something that solves a problem 对策﹐措施: +for There's no easy cure for poverty. 解决贫困问题没有简单的方法。
curecurecurescuredcuring1verb (cures, curing, cured)1to make a sick person well again: The doctors can't cure her.2to make an illness go away: Can this disease be cured?curecurecures2nounsomething that makes an illness go away: a cure for cancer