n (1)治疗办法，药(sth，such as a medicine or treatment used or given to relieve pain，cure disease)[C][N(for)](fml)：prescribe a～开药方;cough and cold～ies 伤风咳嗽药;a～against poison 解毒药;a～for colds/fever/gout/consumption 一种治疗感冒/发烧/痛风/肺结核的药;use herbal～ies 使用草药;〖同〗cure，treatment;

(2)补(挽)救方法(anything that serves to cure defects，improves conditions，etc)[C，U][N(for)](fig)：seek a～for inflation/lawlessness/disorder/unemployment/the situation寻求解决通货膨胀/目无法纪/无秩序/失业/这种局面的方法;evils that are past/beyond～无可救药的罪恶;find a～for sb's grief in reading 在读书中找到排忧解愁的方法;One～for laziness is a good beating. 治疗懒惰的唯一方法就是狠狠地揍一顿。Your only～is to go to the law. 你唯一的补救方法就是诉诸法律。〖同〗solution;

vt 治疗，补(挽)救，纠正(relieve or cure(a disease，illness，etc) by a remedy;put sth right;correct (a fault))[T+n]：～bad eye-sight by wearing glasses 通过戴眼镜治疗近视;～the existing weakness/the mistakes/the deficiencies/the injustices/the losses/the conditions in the slum 纠正现存的不足之处/改正错误/改正缺点/消除不公正/弥补损失/改善贫民窟的条件;Your faults of pronunciation can be～ied. 你发音中的错误是可以纠正的。〖同〗improve，correct;〖反〗worsen;

→ re′medial adj 治疗的，补救的;补习的;re′mediable adj 可治疗的，可补救的;

【辨异】remedy与cure和heal的区别见CURE。