
1.表示“药”,尤指内服药,通常为不可数名词。如:
Don’t take to much medicine.药不要吃得太多。
The cough will pass away without medicine.这种咳嗽不服药也会好的。但指不同种类时,可用作可数名词。如:
Keep those medicines out of reach of the children.把那些药放在孩子够不着的地方。
She has taken a lot of different medicines,but none have cured her disease.她已服用了许多药,但没有一种药能治好她的药。
2.表示吃药或服药,通常用动词take。如:
This medicines is to be taken hourly.这药每小时服一次。
Shake the bottle before taking the medicine.服药前先将药瓶摇一摇。
但如果是水剂药,也可以用动词drink,如:
You have to watered own the medicine before drinking it.你得把这种药加水稀释后再服用。
I know the medicine tastes nasty but drink it down.我知道药味很苦,不过还是一口灌下去吧。
3.表示“治……的药”,通常后接介词 for。如:
It’s a good medicine for cough.这是一种治咳嗽的良药。
There’s no medicine for curing a fool.没有治傻瓜的药。
有时可直接受相关名词的修饰。如:
This cough medicine tastes nice but it doesn’t do much good.这咳嗽药不难吃,但作用不大。
Don’t take to much medicine.药不要吃得太多。
The cough will pass away without medicine.这种咳嗽不服药也会好的。但指不同种类时,可用作可数名词。如:
Keep those medicines out of reach of the children.把那些药放在孩子够不着的地方。
She has taken a lot of different medicines,but none have cured her disease.她已服用了许多药,但没有一种药能治好她的药。
2.表示吃药或服药,通常用动词take。如:
This medicines is to be taken hourly.这药每小时服一次。
Shake the bottle before taking the medicine.服药前先将药瓶摇一摇。
但如果是水剂药,也可以用动词drink,如:
You have to watered own the medicine before drinking it.你得把这种药加水稀释后再服用。
I know the medicine tastes nasty but drink it down.我知道药味很苦,不过还是一口灌下去吧。
3.表示“治……的药”,通常后接介词 for。如:
It’s a good medicine for cough.这是一种治咳嗽的良药。
There’s no medicine for curing a fool.没有治傻瓜的药。
有时可直接受相关名词的修饰。如:
This cough medicine tastes nice but it doesn’t do much good.这咳嗽药不难吃,但作用不大。