pill /pɪl/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT Pills are small solid round masses of medicine or vitamins that you swallow without chewing. 药丸

  例：

  Why do I have to take all these pills?

  我为什么非得全部吃了这些药丸？

• 2. 

  N-SING If a woman is on the pill, she takes a special pill that prevents her from becoming pregnant. 避孕药

  例：

  She had been on the pill for three years.

  她曾服了3年的避孕药。

• 3. 

  V to give pills to 开药给

• 4. 

  V

• 5. 

  V to peel or skin (something) 剥(或削)皮 [archaic, DIALECT]

• 6. 

  PHRASE 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. 苦果

  例：

  You're too old to be given a job. That's a bitter pill to swallow.

  你年龄太大，不能给你工作了。那样的事情是吞苦果。

• 7. 

  PHRASE If someone does something to sweeten the pill, they do it to make some unpleasant news or an unpleasant measure more acceptable. 让坏消息或措施变得容易接受

  例：

  A few words of praise help to sweeten the pill of criticism.

  几句赞赏的话有助于使批评更容易被接受。