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Pill Unpleasant Bitter Swallow Phrase 短语 Inflects 英

英语单词 pill
英美音标 英 [pɪl] 美 [pɪl]
中文释义 n.药丸;药片
v.服用药丸;把 ... 制成药丸;<俚>投票反对
英语例句 (1) Father must take his pill on the hour.
(2) The baby spat out the nasty pill.
(3) This pill will help to settle your nerves.
(4) His mother told him to have a vitamin pill before leaving.
(5) Occasionally she had to take sleeping pills.
(6) She was nervous about returning to the pill because of worries about a possible cancer risk.
中文例句 (1) 父亲必须在每点钟准点吃药丸。
(2) 婴儿吐出了难吃的药丸。
(3) 你吃了这片药神经就不那麽紧张了。
(4) 他妈妈让他在走之前吃一颗维生素药丸。
(5) 她偶尔不得不吃安眠药。
(6) 因为担心可能患癌症的风险,她对再服用药丸很紧张。
柯林斯解释
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]药丸;丸剂 Pills are small solid round masses of medicine or vitamins that you swallow without chewing.
  • Why do I have to take all these pills?

    我为什么非得服下所有这些药丸呢?

  • ...sleeping pills.

    安眠药

2
[N-SING 单数名词](女用)口服避孕药 If a woman is on the pill, she takes a special pill that prevents her from becoming pregnant.
  [the N]
  • She had been on the pill for three years.

    她吃口服避孕药已有3年。

  • ...the contraceptive pill.

    避孕药丸

3
[PHRASE 短语]不得不承受的苦事;不得不接受的现实 If a person or group has to accept a failure or an unpleasant piece of news, you can say that it was a bitter pill or a bitter pill to swallow .
  [N inflects]
  • You're too old to be given a job. That's a bitter pill to swallow.

    你年龄太大了,没人愿意再给工作,这是你不得不接受的现实。

4
[PHRASE 短语]把苦药包上糖衣;使不愉快的事变得较易接受 If someone does something to sweeten the pill or sugar the pill, they do it to make some unpleasant news or an unpleasant measure more acceptable.
  [V inflects]
  • He sweetened the pill by increasing wages, although by slightly less than he raised prices.

    他提高了工资以使人们更易接受,尽管涨幅略低于他的价格升幅。

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