酷兔英语

对症下药 duì zhèng xià yào



对症下药 duì zhèng xià yào


       在中国东汉末年,有一位著名医生名叫华佗。他的医术非常高明。
       一次,有两个人都患了头痛发热的病,同时来找华佗治病。经过详细询问病情,细心诊断后,华佗给他俩人各开了一个药方。两个人互相看了对方的药方后,感到很奇怪,问道:"我们两人都患一样的病,为什么用的药却不一样呢?"
华佗解释说:"用药要看病人的具体病情。虽然你二人病症相同,但患病的原因却不同。一个人的身体内部都没有什么毛病,由于外部受凉、感冒引起的,所以要吃发散药;而另一个人的身体外部没有什么毛病,病是由内部引起的,因为吃的东西太多了,伤食,所以要吃泻药。患病的原因不同,当然用药就不能相同了。"

During the final years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there lived a famous physician named Hua Tuo, whose skill with medicine was superb.
One day, two men suffering from headaches and fever both came to Hua Tuo. After detailed questioning and careful diagnosis, he prescribed treatments for the two men. Upon comparing the two prescriptions, the two men were puzzled, and asked, "The two of us are suffering from the same illness .Why are the medications you prescribed different?"
Hua Tuo replied, "Treatment depends on the specific circumstances of the patient. Although the two of you have similar illnesses, their causes are actually quite different. One has nothing wrong internally, but has contracted a cold from external causes. The other one has nothing wrong externally, but has become ill from excessive eating and drinking; an internal problem. With two different causes, of course the treatments must be different.





词语注释:

著名:((zhùmíng)adj. famous

医术:(yīshù) n. medical skill

诊断:(zhěnduàn) v. diagnosis

药方:(yàofāng) n. prescription

泻药:(xièyào) n. laxative

奇怪:(qíguài) adj. strange

解释:(jiěshì) v. explain

病症:(bìngzhèng) n. disease

感冒:(gǎnmào)n. cold

意义:

       本意是指针对病症用药。后来比喻针对事物的问题所在,采取对应、有效的措施。

The original meaning of "对症下药" is to prescribe a medicine specific to the illness. Later, it was used as a metaphor to find specific ways to solve each individual problem.



例句:

1. 你应该去看医生,对症下药,不要自己乱吃药。
You should go to see a doctor and he will prescribe a medicine for the disease. Don't eat medicine without prescription.


2.心理医生一定要对症下药,要先找出病人的心理问题再对他们进行治疗。
Psychologists must suit one's methods to the situation. They should find out the patients' mental problems and then provide treatment.