antidote

• n.[薬]解毒剤; 解毒剤; 治療薬

接頭辞 anti-, 相対的な、反対の。語根の dot については donate を参照。

antidote

antidote: see date

antidote (n.)

"remedy counteracting poison," 1510s (earlier in English as a Latin word), from Middle French antidot and directly from Latin antidotum "a remedy against poison," from Greek antidoton "given as a remedy," literally "given against," verbal adjective of antididonai "give in return," from anti- "against" + didonai "to give" (see date (n.1)). Compare Middle English antidotarie "treatise on drugs or medicines" (c. 1400).

1. Massage is a wonderful antidote to stress.

マッサージはストレスを緩和する妙薬です。

2.There is no known antidote to the poison.

という毒の解毒剤は発見されていない。

3.Quininine is a natural antidote for this fever.

キニーネはこの熱病を治療する天然薬である。

4.There is no known antidote for this poison.

この毒には解毒剤がない。

5.Hard work is the best antidote to miscief.

多忙な仕事は悪事を防ぐ最善の方法である。