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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[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。