pill

1. N-COUNT Pills are small solid round masses of medicine or vitamins that you swallow without chewing. 药丸

Why do I have to take all these pills?

我为什么非得全部吃了这些药丸？

2. N-SING If a woman is on the pill, she takes a special pill that prevents her from becoming pregnant. 避孕药

She had been on the pill for three years. 她曾服了3年的避孕药。

3. V to give pills to 开药给

4. V

5. V to peel or skin (something) 剥(或削)皮[archaic, DIALECT]

6. PHRASE 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. 苦果

You're too old to be given a job. That's a bitter pill to swallow. 你年龄太大，不能给你工作了。那样的事情是吞苦果。

7. PHRASE If someone does something to sweeten the pill, they do it to make some unpleasant news or an unpleasant measure more acceptable. 让坏消息或措施变得容易接受

A few words of praise help to sweeten the pill of criticism. 几句赞赏的话有助于使批评更容易被接受。