三、cure, treat, heal, remedy 辨析
這些動詞都有"治療，醫治"之意。cure通常強調結果，指治癒某種疾病或某人的疾病;treat則通常強調過程，指對病人進行診斷和治療，但不含治好的意思。例句：A few days' rest will cure you. 休息幾天你的病就好了。The dentist is treating my teeth. 牙醫在給我看牙。注意下面兩句cure與treat所搭配的介詞不同：The doctors cured her of cancer. (cured her of ) 醫生治療了她的癌症。Which doctor is treating you for your illness? (treating you for ) 哪個醫生在給你看病？cure表示“治療”，還可用作名詞，若表示“對……的治療”或“治療……的方法”，一般用介詞for. 如：Is there a certain cure for cancer yet? 迄今癌症有有效的治療方法嗎? heal 側重指治癒傷口、傷痛，如灼傷等，也可用於比喻。如：It took a long time for the wounds to heal. 傷口過了很長時間才癒合。The cut healed up without leaving a scar. 傷口癒合沒留下疤痕。Time cured her of her grief. 時光消除了她的悲傷；remedy著重用藥物對病人進行治療。如：Warmth is the best remedy for colds.熱療是治感冒的最好方法。remedy這個詞本來的含義是“藥方”，所以有“補救”的意思。如：A good remedy for cold. 治感冒的良藥。There is a remedy for everything but death. [諺語] 除死亡外，一切都有補救辦法。
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