cure
/ˈkjʊr/KK
/ˈkjʊɹ/IPA
變化形
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1.
治癒，治好
使疾病、受傷或健康問題完全消失，讓人或動物恢復健康。
用法：可作及物或不及物動詞：cure a disease／cure someone of a disease。被動語態中常說「be cured of＋疾病」。
After several months of care, he was cured of his skin problem.
經過幾個月的照顧後，他的皮膚問題痊癒了。
2.
消除，改掉
徹底消除某個問題，或使某人改掉不好的習慣或行為。
用法：常見搭配為「cure a problem」與「cure someone of a habit」。談習慣時，通常用「cure someone of something」，不說「cure someone's habit」。
The coach's rules cured him of being late for practice.
教練的規定讓他不再遲到參加練習。
No one plan can cure the city’s traffic problem.
沒有一個計畫能解決這座城市的交通問題。
3.
醃製，醃漬；加工保存
以鹽、煙燻、乾燥或其他處理方式加工食物，特別是肉類或魚類，以利保存或增添風味。
用法：常用被動式描述食品的處理方式，如「cured meat」。此義的「cure」不是指醫療上的治療。
The shop sells cured ham and smoked fish for holiday meals.
那家店販售醃製火腿和煙燻魚，適合節慶聚餐。
The fish is cured with salt before it is dried in the sun.
這種魚會先用鹽醃漬，再拿去曬乾。
常見錯誤
The medicine cured my headache.
The medicine relieved my headache.／The medicine cured the infection causing my headache.
The doctor cured him from the disease.
The doctor cured him of the disease.／He was cured of the disease.
This treatment can cure for cancer.
This treatment can cure cancer.／This treatment can cure patients of cancer.
He cured his bad habit of staying up late.
He cured himself of the habit of staying up late.／He got rid of his habit of staying up late.
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學習提示
・醫療語境中，「cure」表示完全治癒；若只是正在接受治療，應用「treat」。
・名詞「a cure」指治療方法或療法，例如「a cure for a disease」。
・「cure」也能指食品加工保存。菜單上的「cured」通常表示以鹽醃、風乾或煙燻處理，不是「治好的」。