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Pill Unpleasant Bitter Swallow Phrase 英[Pɪl 美[Pɪl N.药丸;弹丸;口服避孕药;讨厌鬼;Vt.使服用药丸;把…制成药丸;投票反对;抢劫;Vi.服用药丸;制成药丸;起球

单词 pill
音标
英[pɪl] 美[pɪl]
解释
n.药丸;弹丸;口服避孕药;讨厌鬼;vt.使服用药丸;把…制成药丸;投票反对;抢劫;vi.服用药丸;制成药丸;起球;
例句

N-COUNT
药丸;丸剂
Pills are small solid round masses of medicine or vitamins that you swallow without chewing.
例:Why do I have to take all these pills?我为什么非得服下所有这些药丸呢?
例:...sleeping pills.安眠药

N-SING
(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.
例:She had been on the pill for three years.她吃口服避孕药已有3年。
例:...the contraceptive pill.避孕药丸

PHRASE
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 .
例: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。

PHRASE
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.
例: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。
变形
third:pills~done:pilled~pl:pills~ing:pilling~past:pilled~

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