- 1nC2
/ˌmedɪˈkeɪʃən/
medicine or drugs that a doctor or nurse gives to someone who is ill.
藥物
複數 medications
核心畫面
Picture the box on the counter with a pharmacy label on it: this was for a particular person, for a particular problem, to be taken in a particular way. Medication is medicine seen from that angle — treatment that someone has been put on.
可以想成：檯面上那盒貼著藥局標籤的藥——為某個人、某個病症開的，還註明了怎麼吃。medication 就是從這個角度…更多收起
可以想成：檯面上那盒貼著藥局標籤的藥——為某個人、某個病症開的，還註明了怎麼吃。medication 就是從這個角度看的藥：不是隨便買的成藥，而是被安排來治療某個人的東西。原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
medicationnoun/mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/
- 1
A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.
- Have you been taking your medication? [uncountable]
- Have you been taking your medications? [countable]
- 2
The administration of medicine.
- Such behavior, if it doesn't abate, will necessitate medication and supervision.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。