pills
n. 药丸( pill的名词复数 ); 药片; 口服避孕药; 讨厌鬼
Pills are small solid round masses of medicine or vitamins that you swallow without chewing.
Why do I have to take all these pills?
我为什么非得服下所有这些药丸呢?
...sleeping pills.
安眠药
If a woman is on the pill, she takes a special pill that prevents her from becoming pregnant.
She had been on the pill for three years.
她吃口服避孕药已有3年。
...the contraceptive pill.
避孕药丸
If a person or group has to accept a failure or an unpleasant piece of news, you can say that it was a bitter pill or a bitter pill to swallow .
You're too old to be given a job. That's a bitter pill to swallow.
你年龄太大了,没人愿意再给工作,这是你不得不接受的现实。
If someone does something to sweeten the pill or sugar the pill, they do it to make some unpleasant news or an unpleasant measure more acceptable.
He sweetened the pill by increasing wages, although by slightly less than he raised prices.
他提高了工资以使人们更易接受,尽管涨幅略低于他的价格升幅。
She made Tina flush the pills down the toilet.
她让蒂娜把药丸扔进马桶里冲走。
Why do I have to take all these pills?
我为什么非得服下所有这些药丸呢?
I took one of the pills and chewed it up.
我拿起一粒药丸,把它嚼碎。
Mum had started taking pills and drinking excessively.
妈妈开始服药酗酒。
She's been taking sleeping pills.
她一直在服用安眠药。