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the treatment of a physical problem or an illness 治疗；疗法 He is receiving therapy for cancer. 他正在接受癌症治疗。 Most leukaemia patients undergo some sort of drug therapy (= treatment using drugs). 大多数白血病患者都会接受某种药物治疗。 alternative/complementary therapies (= treatments that do not use traditional drugs) 替代/补充疗法 new cancer therapies 新的癌症疗法 They recommend exercise therapy for patients with chronic back pain. 他们建议慢性背痛患者进行运动疗法。
Collocations Illnessessee also chemotherapy, gene therapy, hormone replacement therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physiotherapy, radiotherapy, speech therapyTopics Medicineb2, Jobsb2Illnesses 疾病 Becoming ill 生病 - catch a cold/an infectious disease/the flu/(British English) flu/pneumonia/a virus/(informal) a bug
染上感冒／传染病／流感／肺炎／病毒／小毛病 - get (British English) ill/(North American English) sick/a disease/AIDS/breast cancer/a cold/the flu/(British English) flu/a migraine
患病／艾滋病／乳腺癌／感冒／流感／偏头痛 - come down with a cold/the flu/(British English) flu
得了感冒／流感 - contract a deadly disease/a serious illness/HIV/AIDS
感染致命疾病／严重疾病／艾滋病病毒／艾滋病 - be infected with a virus/a parasite/HIV
受病毒／寄生虫／艾滋病病毒感染 - develop cancer/diabetes/a rash/an ulcer/symptoms of hepatitis
患上癌症／糖尿病／皮疹／溃疡；出现肝炎症状 - have a heart attack/a stroke
心脏病／中风发作 - provoke/trigger/produce an allergic reaction
引起／产生过敏反应 - block/burst/rupture a blood vessel
使血管阻塞／破裂 - damage/sever a nerve/an artery/a tendon
损伤／切断神经／动脉／肌腱
Being ill 病了 - feel (British English) ill/nauseous/queasy
- be running (British English) a temperature/(North American English) a fever
发烧 - have a head cold/diabetes/heart disease/lung cancer/a headache/(British English) a high temperature/(North American English) a fever
患伤风感冒／糖尿病／心脏病／肺癌；头痛；发烧 - suffer from asthma/malnutrition/frequent headaches/bouts of depression/a mental disorder
患哮喘／营养不良症／经常性头痛／多发性抑郁症／精神错乱 - be laid up with/ (British English) be in bed with a cold/the flu/(British English) flu/a migraine
因感冒／流感／偏头痛而卧床休息 - nurse a cold/a headache/a hangover
调治感冒／头痛／宿醉 - battle/fight cancer/depression/addiction/alcoholism
与癌症／抑郁症作斗争；戒瘾；戒酒
Treatments 治疗 - examine a patient
给病人做检查 - diagnose a condition/disease/disorder
诊断疾病 - be diagnosed with cancer/diabetes/schizophrenia
诊断为癌症／糖尿病／精神分裂症 - prescribe/be given/be on/take drugs/medicine/medication/pills/painkillers/antibiotics
开／得到／服用药／药片／止痛药／抗生素 - treat somebody for cancer/depression/shock
治疗某人的癌症／抑郁症／休克 - have/undergo an examination/an operation/surgery/a kidney transplant/therapy/chemotherapy/treatment for cancer
接受检查／手术／外科手术／肾移植手术／治疗／化疗／癌症治疗 - have/be given an injection/(British English) a flu jab/(North American English) a flu shot/a blood transfusion/a scan/an X-ray
打针；接种流感疫苗；接受输血；做扫描检查；照 X 光 - cure a disease/an ailment/cancer/a headache/a patient
治疗疾病／病痛／癌症／头痛／病人 - prevent the spread of disease/further outbreaks/damage to the lungs
防止疾病扩散／疾病进一步爆发／对肺部造成伤害 - be vaccinated against the flu/(British English) flu/the measles/(British English) measles/polio/smallpox
接种流感／麻疹／小儿麻痹症／天花疫苗 - enhance/boost/confer/build immunity to a disease
增加对疾病的免疫力
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- alternative
- complementary
- occupational
- …
- course
- need
- require
- seek
- …
- group
- session
- a form of therapy
- (also psychotherapy)[uncountable]
the treatment of mental illness by discussing somebody’s problems with them rather than by giving them drugs 治疗；疗法 - in therapy
She's in therapy. 她在接受心理治疗。 Family therapy involves counselling sessions with some, or all, family members. 家庭治疗包括与部分或全部家庭成员进行咨询。 a therapy group/session 治疗小组/疗程
Extra ExamplesTopics Medicineb2I went into therapy because my doctor suggested it. 我开始接受治疗，因为我的医生建议我这样做。 the use of hypnosis as a form of therapy 使用催眠术作为一种治疗方法
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- alternative
- complementary
- occupational
- …
- course
- need
- require
- seek
- …
- group
- session
- a form of therapy
- in therapy
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from modern Latin therapia, from Greek therapeia ‘healing’, from therapeuein ‘minister to, treat medically’.