:harsh or unpleasant treatment that is like the treatment you have given other people罪有应得;一报还一报;因果报应
The movie is about a playboy who gets a taste of his own medicine when the girl he falls in love with jilts him for another guy.这部电影讲述一个罪有应得的花花公子,他爱上的女友抛弃了他,跟另一个男人走了。
take your medicine
informal
:to accept something that is unpleasant because it is necessary and cannot be avoided接受应得的惩罚;受到报应
If he loses the case, he should just take his medicine and stop complaining.如果他打官司失败,他就应该接受应得的惩罚,别再抱怨。
He forgot to take his medicine. Did you look in the medicine cabinet for a pain reliever? Their research has led to many important advances in modern medicine. She's interested in a career in medicine.
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin medicina, from feminine of medicinus of a physician, from medicus
1science of treating/preventing illness醫學ADJECTIVE | VERB + MEDICINE | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤modern現代醫學◇advances in modern medicine現代醫學的進步➤traditional傳統醫學◇qualified in traditional Chinese medicine具備中醫行醫資格➤folk民間醫學◇Garlic was widely used in folk medicine.大蒜在民間療法中被廣泛應用。➤conventional, orthodox常規/正統醫學▸➤alternative, complementary, holistic, homeopathic, naturopathic, etc.另類療法、補充療法、整體醫療、順勢療法、自然療法等▸➤preventative, preventive預防醫學▸➤academic, clinical, forensic, scientific理論醫學;臨牀醫學;法醫學;科學醫學▸➤family, general家庭醫學;一般內科◇She gave up general medicine to specialize in geriatrics.她放棄了內科學,專攻老年醫學。➤geriatric, internal, obstetric, paediatric/pediatric, veterinary, etc.老年醫學、內科學、產科學、兒科醫學、獸醫學等▸➤Ayurvedic, Chinese, Oriental, Western阿育吠陀醫學;中醫;東方醫學;西醫▸➤private, public-health, socialized (especially NAmE) 私營/公共衞生/公費醫療◇She believed private medicine was a threat to the existence of the National Health Service.她認為私營醫療對國民保健制度構成了威脅。VERB + MEDICINE➤train in接受醫學培訓▸➤qualify in具備行醫資格▸➤practise/practice行醫◇people practising alternative medicine從事另類療法的人PHRASES➤a branch of medicine醫學的一個分支➡ note at subject(for more verbs and nouns)medicine
noun²
2substance taken to treat an illness藥物ADJECTIVE | ... OF MEDICINE | VERB + MEDICINE | MEDICINE + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤powerful, strong強效藥▸➤allergy, cough, etc.過敏藥、咳嗽藥等◇a bottle of cough medicine一瓶咳嗽藥➤anti-inflammatory, antiviral, etc.消炎藥、抗病毒藥等▸➤botanical, herbal草藥▸➤prescription處方藥➤non-prescription, over-the-counter非處方藥... OF MEDICINE➤dose一劑藥VERB + MEDICINE➤take吃藥➤swallow把藥吞下▸➤prescribe (sb)(為某人)開藥▸➤administer, give sb(給某人)用藥➤dispense分發藥物▸➤treat sb with用藥物治療某人MEDICINE + NOUN➤cabinet, chest藥櫃;藥箱➤bottle, dropper藥瓶;藥用滴管PREPOSITION➤medicine for治療⋯的藥◇medicine for a chest infection治療胸部感染的藥