medicinal

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medicinal — 形容詞

  • medicinalpositive
  • more medicinalcomparative
  • most medicinalsuperlative

1. able to treat sickness or ease pain, especially when describing a plant, herb, o

1.形容詞B2
釋義

藥用的

有治療疾病或減輕疼痛功效的

able to treat sickness or ease pain, especially when describing a plant, herb, or natural substance used as a remedy.

例句

Ada's grandmother brewed ginger tea for its medicinal effect on sore throats.

Ada 的奶奶煮薑茶，看中的是它對喉嚨痛的療效。

attributive: medicinal + noun

Many wild herbs in the Andes have powerful medicinal properties known to local healers.

安地斯山區的許多野生草本植物有強大的藥用功效，當地的療癒師都熟知。

collocation: medicinal properties

常見搭配
  • medicinal herb
  • medicinal plant
  • medicinal properties
  • medicinal value
  • medicinal purposes
  • medicinal tea
同義詞
  • therapeutic

    broader and more formal; covers any treatment, not only substances

  • curative

    stresses the power to cure, not just to relieve symptoms

  • healing

    everyday word; works for substances, actions, and abstract things like time

反義詞
  • harmful

    describes something that damages health rather than restoring it

  • toxic

    specifically poisonous; stronger than 'harmful'

文法句型

medicinal + noun

have medicinal properties

用法筆記

Subject is usually a plant, herb, oil, food, or natural substance — not a manufactured pill. For a pharmaceutical product, prefer 'pharmaceutical' or simply 'medical'.

常見錯誤

I took a medicinal for my headache.
I took some medicine for my headache.
'medicinal' is an adjective, not a noun; the noun form is 'medicine'.

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常用片語

  • medicinal properties
  • medicinal value
  • for medicinal purposes
  • medicinal herbs
  • medicinal plants

介系詞搭配

  • for medicinal purposes
  • for medicinal use