1N-COUNT 药丸;丸剂Pills are small solid round masses of medicine or vitamins that you swallow without chewing. 药丸;丸剂
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
2N-SING (女用)口服避孕药 If a woman is on the pill, she takes a special pill that prevents her from becoming pregnant. (女用)口服避孕药
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
3PHRASE 不得不承受的苦事;不得不接受的现实 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 . 不得不承受的苦事;不得不接受的现实
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。
4PHRASE 把苦药包上糖衣;使不愉快的事变得较易接受 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. 把苦药包上糖衣;使不愉快的事变得较易接受
He sweetened the pill by increasing wages, although by slightly less than he raised prices.