- 1nC2/ˌmedɪˈkeɪʃən/藥物
medicine or drugs that a doctor or nurse gives to someone who is ill.
示範例句 · Example
Are you taking any medication right now?
逐字你現在正在服用任何藥物嗎？
「medication」是「給生病的人吃或用的藥」，常出現在診所、醫院、衛教說明裡。它跟 medicine 很近——medicine 比較日常（take your medicine），medication 比較像「醫生安排的那一套藥」。常見說法：take medication（服藥）、be on medication（正在用藥）、prescribe medication（開藥）。可數、不可數都能用：medication / a medication / medications。
常見搭配
take medication
服藥／吃藥
to swallow or use medicine for an illness
Remember to take your medication after breakfast.
be on medication (for something)
正在用藥（治療某狀況）
to be taking medicine regularly for an illness
She is on medication for her allergies this month.
prescribe medication
開藥／開立藥物
when a doctor arranges which medicine someone should take
Doctors explain why they prescribe any medication.
over-the-counter medication
成藥／不用處方就可買的藥
medicine you can buy without a doctor's order
Some headache medicines are over-the-counter medications.
prescribed medication
處方藥
medicine that needs a doctor's order
Always finish the prescribed medication unless the doctor says stop.
give / administer medication
給藥／施用藥物
to give medicine to someone
Only trained staff may administer medication at camp.
core核心畫面
Picture the box on the counter with a pharmacy label on it: this was for a particular person, for a particular problem, to be taken in a particular way. Medication is medicine seen from that angle — treatment that someone has been put on.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
medicationnoun/mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/
- 1
A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.
- Have you been taking your medication? [uncountable]
- Have you been taking your medications? [countable]
- 2
The administration of medicine.
- Such behavior, if it doesn't abate, will necessitate medication and supervision.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。