remedy

Compared meaning: a treatment used to cure an illness (noun).

比较义项：用于治疗疾病的药物或疗法（名词）。

• remedy 本词

  An informal term for a home remedy or treatment that relieves a minor ailment or its symptoms; it does not necessarily eliminate the illness completely.

  非正式说法，指缓解轻微病痛或症状的家庭疗法或药方，不一定能彻底根除疾病。

  Drinking warm tea is a common remedy for a sore throat.

  喝热茶是治疗喉咙痛的一种常见药方。

• cure

  A formal term for a treatment that completely and permanently removes an illness, often used for serious diseases that currently have no known solution.

  较为正式的说法，指能彻底、永久治愈疾病的疗法，常用于目前尚无有效疗法的重大疾病。

  Scientists are still searching for a cure for the disease.

  科学家们仍在为这种疾病寻找一种疗法。

Remedy and cure both name something used to treat an illness. Remedy is informal, a home treatment that relieves a minor illness, without necessarily removing it. Cure is formal, a treatment that completely removes an illness, often for serious diseases with no known solution.

这两个词都指用来治病的东西，但语气和效果不同：remedy多指非正式的、缓解症状的家庭疗法或药方，不一定能根治；cure则更正式，特指能让疾病完全消失、彻底治愈的方法，常用于目前尚无根治办法的重大疾病。