curing
curing — 動詞
- 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
治癒；醫好
讓生病的人恢復健康
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.
醫生們仍在努力研究如何治癒幼童身上這種罕見的骨癌。
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.
這款新藥能在一週內把嚴重耳道感染的病人醫好。
cure + [person] + of + [illness] pattern
Amani spent ten years in the village clinic curing children who could not afford hospital care.
Amani 在村裡的診所待了十年，治癒那些付不起住院費的孩子。
Curing the flu is easy, but curing cancer remains one of the hardest goals of modern medicine.
治癒感冒很簡單，但治癒癌症仍是現代醫學最難達成的目標之一。
- 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
戒除；改掉
讓某人不再做不好的事
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.
兩個食物中毒的長夜，就足以讓 Sahil 戒掉吃路邊生蠔的習慣。
cure + [person] + of + [bad habit/desire]
A year in central Tokyo was great for curing Ryo of late-night online shopping.
在東京市中心住的那一年，剛好讓 Ryo 改掉了深夜網購的毛病。
experience-based cure for an unwanted habit
The boring office job soon helped cure Leo of any romantic ideas about a finance career.
那份無聊的辦公室工作，很快就讓 Leo 對「金融業會很刺激」的浪漫想像徹底斷念。
Nothing is better at curing children of fussy eating than a long camping trip with limited snacks.
想讓小孩戒掉挑食，沒什麼比一趟零食很有限的長途露營更有效。
- 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
解決；消除
去掉造成麻煩的原因
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.
一個小小的軟體更新，就足以解決那個每週五讓訂位網站當機的程式錯誤。
curing + [technical problem]
Caio believes that better public transport is the key to curing traffic chaos in his hometown.
Caio 認為改善大眾運輸，才是解決他家鄉交通亂象的關鍵。
curing + [large social problem]
Reading old letters from her grandmother was Alessia's quiet way of curing a bad mood on rainy afternoons.
讀著奶奶以前寫的信，是 Alessia 在下雨午後悄悄消除壞心情的方式。
No single law will succeed in curing the housing shortage without serious investment from both city and state.
若沒有市政府和州政府都認真投入經費，單一法律無法成功解決住房短缺的問題。
- 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
醃製；煙燻
用鹽或煙處理食材以便長期保存
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.
用海鹽和香草醃製五花肉，在陰涼乾燥的地窖裡大約要放三個星期。
curing + [meat] + with + [salt + herbs] pattern
Shirin learned the family method of curing fish over slow oak smoke from her grandfather in Bushehr.
Shirin 從在布什爾的祖父那裡，學到用慢火橡木煙燻魚的家傳做法。
curing + [food] + over + [smoke]
Local farmers spent the whole autumn curing tobacco leaves in tall wooden barns above the valley.
當地農夫整個秋天都在山谷上方的高大木造穀倉裡醃製煙燻菸葉。
The chef is curing salmon with sugar and dill for the wedding banquet next Saturday evening.
主廚正用糖和蒔蘿醃製鮭魚，準備下週六晚上的婚宴使用。
- 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 — 名詞
1. the slow process of treating food, tobacco, or a material such as concrete or ru
醃製；熟成
讓食材或材料慢慢處理的過程
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.
這些大塊火腿的熟成過程接近兩年，才會在市場上推出販售。
the curing of + [food] takes + [time]
Proper curing of the concrete is needed before any heavy trucks can drive onto the new bridge deck.
新的橋面在重型卡車能夠行駛之前，混凝土必須先進行充分的熟成。
proper curing of + [material] (hardening sense)
Sivan studied the careful curing of tea leaves during her year in the mountains of southern Taiwan.
Sivan 在臺灣南部山區待的那一年，研究茶葉細緻的熟成過程。
Slow curing in oak barrels gives the bacon a smoky flavor no factory method can match.
橡木桶裡的慢速熟成，為培根帶來工廠做法怎麼也比不上的煙燻風味。
- 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'.