pill

[pil]

n.药丸, 药片
v.服用药丸, 把 ... 制成药丸,投票反对

例句与用法：

This pill will help to settle your nerves.

你吃了这片药神经就不那麽紧张了。

Defeat in the election was a bitter pill for him to swallow.

在选举中失败是他难以下咽的苦果。

The defeat was a bitter pill to swallow.

那次失败是一次难以吞咽的苦果。

He washed down a pill with water.

他用开水吞服药丸。

The pill is sugared.

这药丸加上了糖衣。

His mother told him to have a vitamin pill before leaving.

他妈妈让他在走之前吃一颗维生素药丸。

Occasionally she had to take sleeping pills.

她偶尔不得不吃安眠药。

词形变化：

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详细释义：

n.

1. 药丸, 药片[C]

She had to take sleeping pills every night.

她每天夜里都得服安眠药。

2. (有时大写)【美】【口】(女用)口服避孕药[the S]

3. 无法避免的讨厌事, 屈辱事[C][S1]

The defeat was a bitter pill.

这次失败是一个屈辱。

4. 【俚】讨厌的家伙[C][S1]

5. 【俚】炸弹, 炮弹, 子弹; 棒球, 网球[C]

vt.

1. 把……制成丸剂(或片剂)

2. 使服用药丸(或药片)

3. 【俚】投票反对

短语词组：

bitter pill to swallow

1. 不得不忍受的苦事

It was really a bitter pill to swallow at that time.

在当时, 那真是一件不得不忍受的苦事。

Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.

1. 良药苦口。

sugar the pill

1. 使苦事容易被接受

Whenever he wants to borrow money from me, he will try to sugar the pill by saying that he will return the money very soon.

每次他来向我借钱, 总是花言巧语, 说很快就会把钱还我。