喜樂美語
  1. 1n/ˌmedɪˈkeɪʃən/藥物

    medicine or drugs that a doctor or nurse gives to someone who is ill.

    「medication」是「給生病的人吃或用的藥」，常出現在診所、醫院、衛教說明裡。它跟 medicine 很近——medicine 比較日常（take your medicine），medication 比較像「醫生安排的那一套藥」。常見說法：take medication（服藥）、be on medication（正在用藥）、prescribe medication（開藥）。可數、不可數都能用：medication / a medication / medications。

    示範例句 · Example

    Are you taking any medication right now?

    中文翻譯你現在正在服用任何藥物嗎？

    常見搭配

    • take medication

      服藥／吃藥

      to swallow or use medicine for an illness

      Remember to take your medication after breakfast.

    • be on medication (for something)

      正在用藥（治療某狀況）

      to be taking medicine regularly for an illness

      She is on medication for her allergies this month.

    • prescribe medication

      開藥／開立藥物

      when a doctor arranges which medicine someone should take

      Doctors explain why they prescribe any medication.

    • over-the-counter medication

      成藥／不用處方就可買的藥

      medicine you can buy without a doctor's order

      Some headache medicines are over-the-counter medications.

    • prescribed medication

      處方藥

      medicine that needs a doctor's order

      Always finish the prescribed medication unless the doctor says stop.

    • give / administer medication

      給藥／施用藥物

      to give medicine to someone

      Only trained staff may administer medication at camp.

core核心畫面

From the word’s history

From Middle English medicacioun, from Middle French médication and Latin medicātiō, from medicō 'to heal', from medicus 'physician'.

源自拉丁文 medicātiō，來自 medicus「醫生」。

Wiktionary

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。

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同家族的字

medications

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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.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。