medicate
verbto give somebody medicine, especially a drug that affects their behaviour 给…用药（尤指影响行为的药物）；用药物治疗 - medicate somebody (with something)
Resist the temptation to medicate your child with over-the-counter remedies. 抵制用非处方药给孩子用药的诱惑。 - medicate somebody for something
He is being medicated for high blood pressure. 他正在接受高血压药物治疗。
- medicate somebody (with something)
- medicate something
to treat a health problem using medicine or a drug 药物： 使用药物或药物治疗健康问题Sometimes we medicate the symptoms without fixing the underlying problem. 有时我们治标不治本。
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin medicat- ‘treated’, from the verb medicari ‘administer remedies to’, from medicus ‘physician’, from mederi ‘heal’.