英単語

remedyの意味・使い方・発音

remedy

英 ['remɪdɪ] 美 ['rɛmədi]
  • vt.救済;治療;矯正
  • n.救済;治療;補償

語源


remedy レメディ, 正す, 修正する

re-, emphasis, -med, remedy, 語源的にはmedical, medicineと同じ。

英語の語源


remedy
remedy: [13] Remedy is closely related to medicine. It comes via Anglo-Norman remedie from Latin remedium ‘medicine’ a noun formed from the same stem, med-, as produced medērī ‘heal’ (source of English medical, medicine, etc). The extension in meaning from ‘medicine’ to ‘something that corrects a wrong’ took place in Latin.
=> medicine
remedy (n.)
c. 1200, "cure for a disease or disorder; means of counteracting an evil," from Anglo-French remedie, Old French remede "remedy, cure" (12c., Modern French remède) and directly from Latin remedium "a cure, remedy, medicine, antidote, that which restores health," from re-, intensive prefix (or perhaps literally, "again;" see re-), + mederi "to heal" (see medical (adj.)). Figurative use from c. 1300.
remedy (v.)
c. 1400, from Old French remedier or directly from Latin remediare, from remedium (see remedy (n.)). Related: Remedied; remedying.

例文


1. Camomile has long been used as a remedy for teething babies.
カミツレは長い間、赤ちゃんの出歯時の不快感を軽減する薬として使用されてきた。

2.Their remedy lay within the range of existent technology.
彼らの治療法は、既存の技術を利用して実現できる。

3.I 'll try a herbal remedy to calm him down.
彼を落ち着かせることができるかどうか、薬草で試してみます。

4.The remedy lies in the hands of the government.
解決策は政府の手に握られている。

5.Caution:large doses of this remedy are emetic.
注意:この薬を大量に服用すると嘔吐を引き起こすことがあります。

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