curing
curing — verb
- curingpresent simple I / you / we / they
- curings3rd person singular
- curinging-ing form
- curingedpast simple
1. the action of restoring a sick person to full health, usually by treating the il
the action of restoring a sick person to full health, usually by treating the illness with medicine or surgery so that the symptoms disappear and do not return.
Doctors are still working on curing this rare type of bone cancer in young children.
cure + [illness] for the action of healing a disease
The new medicine is very good at curing patients of severe ear infections within a week.
cure + [person] + of + [illness] pattern
Amani spent ten years in the village clinic curing children who could not afford hospital care.
Curing the flu is easy, but curing cancer remains one of the hardest goals of modern medicine.
- infecting
the opposite action: making someone ill rather than well
文法句型
cure + [person]
cure + [person] + of + [illness]
用法筆記
Object is usually either the patient (cure the child) or the disease (cure the flu). When both appear, use 'cure [person] of [illness]'. Distinguish from sense 3 (solving a problem), where the object is an abstract issue, not a medical condition.
常見錯誤
2. the action of making someone stop doing something unwanted, such as a bad habit
the action of making someone stop doing something unwanted, such as a bad habit or strong wish, often by giving them an experience that changes how they feel about it.
Two long nights of food poisoning were enough for curing Sahil of his love for street oysters.
cure + [person] + of + [bad habit/desire]
A year in central Tokyo was great for curing Ryo of late-night online shopping.
experience-based cure for an unwanted habit
The boring office job soon helped cure Leo of any romantic ideas about a finance career.
Nothing is better at curing children of fussy eating than a long camping trip with limited snacks.
- breaking [someone] of
breaking is more direct and willed; curing suggests the change comes naturally from the experience
文法句型
cure + [person] + of + [habit]
用法筆記
Object is always a person plus the unwanted habit or feeling, joined by 'of'. The cure here is an experience, not a medicine. Distinguish from sense 1 (medical) by the type of object: an unwanted behavior or desire, not a disease.
常見錯誤
3. the action of removing a problem or difficulty by dealing with whatever is causi
the action of removing a problem or difficulty by dealing with whatever is causing it, so that the situation returns to normal.
A small software patch was enough for curing the bug that crashed the booking website each Friday.
curing + [technical problem]
Caio believes that better public transport is the key to curing traffic chaos in his hometown.
curing + [large social problem]
Reading old letters from her grandmother was Alessia's quiet way of curing a bad mood on rainy afternoons.
No single law will succeed in curing the housing shortage without serious investment from both city and state.
- worsening
making the problem bigger instead of removing it
文法句型
cure + [problem/situation]
用法筆記
Object is an abstract problem (a bug, a shortage, a mood), not a person or a disease. Often slightly figurative — borrows the medical image. Distinguish from sense 1 by the object type: a problem rather than an illness.
常見錯誤
4. the action of treating meat, fish, tobacco, or similar materials with salt, smok
the action of treating meat, fish, tobacco, or similar materials with salt, smoke, or chemicals so that they will not go bad and can be stored for a long time.
Curing pork bellies with sea salt and herbs takes about three weeks in a cool dry cellar.
curing + [meat] + with + [salt + herbs] pattern
Shirin learned the family method of curing fish over slow oak smoke from her grandfather in Bushehr.
curing + [food] + over + [smoke]
Local farmers spent the whole autumn curing tobacco leaves in tall wooden barns above the valley.
The chef is curing salmon with sugar and dill for the wedding banquet next Saturday evening.
- preserving
preserving is the general term; curing names specifically the salt/smoke method
- smoking
smoking is one method of curing; only when the agent is wood smoke
- spoiling
the food goes bad; the opposite of being kept good through curing
文法句型
cure + [food/material] + with + [salt/smoke/etc.]
用法筆記
Object is typically meat, fish, or tobacco; the 'with' phrase names the agent (salt, smoke, sugar, dill). Distinguish from sense 1 (medical) by the object type: a food or material being preserved, never a person.
常見錯誤
curing — noun
1. the slow process of treating food, tobacco, or a material such as concrete or ru
the slow process of treating food, tobacco, or a material such as concrete or rubber so that it lasts longer or becomes harder, usually by drying, salting, smoking, or chemical action.
The curing of these large hams takes nearly two years before they are ready to sell at the market.
the curing of + [food] takes + [time]
Proper curing of the concrete is needed before any heavy trucks can drive onto the new bridge deck.
proper curing of + [material] (hardening sense)
Sivan studied the careful curing of tea leaves during her year in the mountains of southern Taiwan.
Slow curing in oak barrels gives the bacon a smoky flavor no factory method can match.
- preservation
preservation is the broader concept; curing names the specific salt/smoke/dry method
- hardening
hardening covers the concrete/rubber sense of curing only
- spoilage
the food going bad — the failure case curing tries to prevent
文法句型
the curing of + [food/material]
用法筆記
Used uncountably, usually with 'of' naming the material (the curing of ham, the curing of concrete). Covers both food preservation and material hardening (rubber, concrete, glue). Not used for human medical recovery — for that, use the noun 'cure' or 'treatment', not 'curing'.