cure /kjʊə/ CET4 TEM4 ( curing, cured, cures )

• 1. 

  V-T If doctors or medical treatments cure an illness or injury, they cause it to end or disappear. 治愈 (疾病、损伤)

  例：

  An operation finally cured his shin injury.

  手术最终治愈了他的胫骨损伤。

• 2. 

  V-T If doctors or medical treatments cure a person, they make the person well again after an illness or injury. 治愈 (病人)

  例：

  It is an effective treatment and could cure all the leprosy sufferers worldwide.

  那是一种有效的疗法，可以治愈全世界的麻疯病患者。

  例：

  Almost overnight I was cured.

  几乎在一夜之间我被治愈了。

• 3. 

  V-T If someone or something cures a problem, they bring it to an end. 解决

  例：

  Private firms are willing to make large scale investments to help cure Russia's economic troubles.

  私有公司愿意进行大规模投资来帮助解决俄罗斯的经济困难。

• 4. 

  V-T When food, tobacco, or animal skin is cured, it is dried, smoked, or salted so that it will last for a long time. 加工处理 (食物、烟草、动物皮等) [usu passive]

  例：

  Legs of pork were cured and smoked over the fire.

  猪腿在火上经过了烟熏处理。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT A cure for an illness is a medicine or other treatment that cures the illness. (有治愈效果的) 药物、疗法

  例：

  There is still no cure for a cold.

  治感冒仍然没有特效药。

• 6. 

  N-COUNT A cure for a problem is something that will bring it to an end. 解决方法

  例：

  The magic cure for inflation does not exist.

  解决通货膨胀的神奇方法并不存在。