pills
n. 藥丸( pill的名詞複數 ); 藥片; 口服避孕藥; 討厭鬼
Pills are small solid round masses of medicine or vitamins that you swallow without chewing.
Why do I have to take all these pills?
我為什麼非得服下所有這些藥丸呢?
...sleeping pills.
安眠藥
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.
她吃口服避孕藥已有3年。
...the contraceptive pill.
避孕藥丸
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.
你年齡太大了,沒人願意再給工作,這是你不得不接受的現實。
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.
他提高了工資以使人們更易接受,儘管漲幅略低於他的價格升幅。
She made Tina flush the pills down the toilet.
她讓蒂娜把藥丸扔進馬桶裡沖走。
Why do I have to take all these pills?
我為什麼非得服下所有這些藥丸呢?
I took one of the pills and chewed it up.
我拿起一粒藥丸,把它嚼碎。
Mum had started taking pills and drinking excessively.
媽媽開始服藥酗酒。
She's been taking sleeping pills.
她一直在服用安眠藥。