1. vt. & vi.治愈，治好　 bring health to a person in place of disease or illness
2. vt. & vi.消除，矫正　 remove sth bad

　～ bad habits　改正坏习惯
　～ skin disease　治好皮肤病
　～ automatically　自行痊愈
　～ completely　完全恢复健康
　～ in smoke　用烟熏
　～ of a disease　治愈（某人的）病
　～ of a social evil　根除弊病
　～ of discontent　消除不满
　～ of grief　消除悲哀
　～ of pneumonia　治疗肺炎
　～ with a certain medicine　以特效药治愈

　There are few remaining diseases that these modern drugs can't cure.　这种新药很少有什么病不能医治。
　The wound cures easily.　这伤很容易好。
　This therapy does not cure at once.　这种治疗方法不会立即见效。
　He says he can cure me but I still doubt him.　他说他能治好我的病，但我还是不相信他。
　The doctors stuck to their research until they discovered how to cure the disease.　医生们继续他们的研究工作，直到找到了治疗这种疾病的方法为止。
　She has taken a lot of different medicines, but none has cured the disease.　她大量地服用了各种药物，但并未对症下药。
　This treatment cured his headache.　这一疗法治好了他的头痛。
　The only way to cure backache is to rest.　治疗背痛的唯一办法是休息。
　Modern medical science has not yet found an effective way to cure this disease.　现代医学尚未发现治疗这种疾病的有效方法。
　Ministers hoped that import controls might cure the economy's serious inflation.　部长们希望实行进口控制可以抑制经济上严重的通货膨胀。
　Her illness appeared to be cured.　她的病似乎是治愈了。
　All illness can be cured.　病总是能治好的。
　Your disease is an unfortunate occurrence, but it can be cured.　你的病当然是一桩不幸的事，但是可以治好的。
　When I left hospital I was completely cured.　我出院时已经痊愈了。
　The tobacco leaves are cured in wood smoke.　烟叶是用木柴的烟熏烤加工而成的。
　The fish was cured in smoke.　这鱼是用烟熏制的。

 ♣ cure of　(v.+prep.)
　治好　make patients fully recover from an illness
　Doctors are now able to cure people of many diseases which in former times would have killed them.　现在，医生能够治愈过去的许多不治之症。
　Penicillin cured him of his pneumonia.　青霉素治好了他的肺炎。
　This medicine will cure you of your cough.　这种药会治好你的咳嗽。
　This medicine should cure you of your cold.　这种药应该能够治愈你的感冒。
　This drug will cure you of your stomach.　这种药会把你的胃病治好的。
　The fresh air and exercise cured him of his headache.　呼吸新鲜空气和坚持锻炼把他的头痛病治好了。
　The teacher cured him of bad habits.　老师纠正了他的坏习惯。
　A spell in the army will cure him of his laziness!　在军队里呆一段时间会治好他的懒病的。
　That nasty shock cured him of his inquisitiveness for ever.　那件令人讨厌的事把他爱管闲事的毛病彻底治好了。
　The shock of losing my purse cured me of all my former absent-mindedness.　丢钱包给我的打击把我往日的心不在焉的习惯给改掉了。
　No medicine can cure a man of no confidence.　一个人如果失去了自信心，那就没法治了。
　He is cured of rheumatism.　他的风湿病已治好。
　The patient was cured of his disease three years ago.　这位病人的病三年前就治好了。

 ♣ cure, heal
　这两个词的共同意思是“治愈”。其区别是：
1. cure多指内部疾病；而heal多指外伤。
2. cure有时强调突然或戏剧般的治愈；而heal常强调缓慢甚至长时期的治疗过程。例如：
　This medicine cured him of his illness.　这药治好了他的病。
　This ointment will help to heal the wound.　这药膏有助于伤口的愈合。
3. 用于比喻时， cure多指社会不良现象或个人恶习；而heal则指精神上的创伤或思想上的分歧。例如：
　Parents try to cure their children of bad habits.　父母试图改变他们孩子的坏习惯。
　The disagreement left deep wounds that only time may heal.　意见分歧已留下深深的伤痕，只有时间来医治创伤了。

1. 那药治好了他的病。
　［误］ That medicine cured him from his disease.
　［正］ That medicine cured him of his disease.
　［析］ 表示“治愈某人的病”，应该说cure sb of one's disease/illness，其中介词用of，不用from.
2. 医生治愈了我的感冒。
　［误］ The doctor cured me my cold.
　［正］ The doctor cured me of my cold.
　［正］ The doctor cured me.
　［正］ The doctor cured my cold.
　［析］ cure不可接双宾语。

1. U 治愈，治疗　 sth that will end a problem or an illness
2. C 药物；疗法　 a drug or medicine or treatment that cures an illness, disease, etc.

　apply a ～　使用一种疗法
　bring about a ～　治愈
　effect a ～　治愈疾病
　find a ～　找到治疗方法
　have a rest ～　采取静养疗法
　obtain a perfect ～　产生疗效
　provide a ～　提供治疗方法，供给一种药
　seek a ～　寻求治疗
　take a ～　接受治疗
　trust a ～　信任一种疗法〔药物〕
　try a ～　试用某种疗法
　work a ～　进行治疗，设计对策
　certain ～　有效的疗法，特效药
　easy ～　简单的疗法
　effective ～　有效的疗法
　immediate ～　及时治疗，直接疗法
　lasting ～　持续地治疗
　miraculous ～　奇迹般的痊愈
　new ～　新疗法
　permanent ～　根治
　simple ～　简单的疗法
　faith ～　信仰疗法
　hot-spring ～　温泉疗法
　quack ～　江湖疗法
　rest ～　休息疗法
　water ～　水疗法
　past ～　无可救药

　The doctor can't guarantee a cure.　医生不能保证治愈。
　Her cure took six weeks.　她的病用了六个星期才治好。
　The disease has so far defied all attempts to find a cure.　迄今为止，这种病找不到任何治疗的方法。
　He went to the seaside for a cure at a famous hospital.　他去海滨一所著名医院治疗。
　The new treatment effected a miraculous cure.　这种新的疗法产生了奇迹般的疗效。
　He has tried all sorts of cures but is still ill.　他已试过各种药物，但病仍未治好。
　The cure lies in education.　挽救之道在于教育。
　What is the cure for the plight of the homeless?　帮助无家可归的人摆脱困境有何措施?

 ♣ cure for
　治疗或纠正…的药物或方法　the way to make the patients health
　This is the best cure for headache.　这是治疗头痛的最好疗法。
　He understood that they had a cure for pneumonia.　他懂得了，他们有治疗肺炎的方法。
　A cure for this disease is not yet to be found.　迄今为止，尚未发现有治愈此病的方法。
　There is no certain cure for cancer.　癌症尚未有可靠的疗法。
　There is as yet no cure for AIDS.　到目前为止，艾滋病尚无治疗方法。
　Two well-known firms of drug manufactures are cooperating the attempt to find a cure for cancer.　有两家著名的制药厂正在合作，试图找到一种治疗癌症的药物。
　Scientists have so far failed to provide a cure for the common cold.　迄今为止，科学家尚未提供一种治疗感冒的药。
 ♣ cure of
　医治，根除　heal; root out sth
　They aimed at the cure of bureaucratism.　他们的目的在于根除官僚主义。

　这是目前治咳嗽的最好药物。
　［误］ This is the best cure of cough at present.
　［正］ This is the best cure for cough at present.
　［析］ 表示“用来治疗某种疾病的药物或疗法”，应该说a cure for...，介词用for不用of.

　［同义词］ v. heal, remedy n. medicine, remedy, treatment
　［词源］拉丁语cura（注意，关心）