n.
- 药丸，药片[C]
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She had to take sleeping
pills every night.
她每天夜里都得服安眠药。
- （有时大写）【美】【口】（女用）口服避孕药[the S]
- 无法避免的讨厌事，屈辱事[C][S1]
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The defeat was a bitter
pill.
这次失败是一个屈辱。
- 【俚】讨厌的家伙[C][S1]
- 【俚】炸弹，炮弹，子弹；棒球，网球[C]
vt.
- 把……制成丸剂（或片剂）
- 使服用药丸（或药片）
- 【俚】投票反对
短语
bitter pill to swallow
- 不得不忍受的苦事
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It was really a
bitter pill to swallow at that time.
在当时，那真是一件不得不忍受的苦事。
Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.
- 良药苦口。
sugar the pill
- 使苦事容易被接受
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Whenever he wants to borrow money from me, he will try to
sugar the pill by saying that he will return the money very soon.
每次他来向我借钱，总是花言巧语，说很快就会把钱还我。
辨析
n.
- a small round mass of solid medicine for swallowing whole.
▸
(the Pill)
a contraceptive pill.
- informal, dated a ball.
- informal, dated a tedious or unpleasant person.
v.
(of knitted fabric) form small balls of fluff on its surface.
Phrase
- a bitter pill
an unpleasant or painful necessity. - sugar
(or sweeten)
the pill
make an unpleasant or painful necessity more palatable.
Etymology
ME: ult. from L. pilula ‘little ball’, dimin. of pila.
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