一日一词：一剂良药ANTIDOTE

ANTIDOTE

1 英英释义：something that helps to improve the effects of something bad or negative 

例句：Some people believe that alcohol can offer a quick antidote to depression. 

2. 为什么选这个词？ 

“antidote”的本意是“解毒药”，常被引申为表示“缓解作用”“有效手段”，和我们中文里的“一剂良药”完美对应。如果在写作中恰当使用 antidote，可以显示不凡的词汇水平。 

我们常说的“何以解忧，唯有杜康”，说的是很多人认为只有酒才能消除忧虑。这时就可以用英文说： Some people believe that alcohol can offer a quick antidote to depression.

米歇尔•奥巴马在回忆录Becoming中用到了 3 次 antidote，其中一处写到祖父（外号“Southside”）非常喜欢音乐时，她说： Music seemed to be an antidote to his worries, a way to relax and crowd them out. When Southside had a payday for his carpentry work, he’d sometimes splurge and buy himself a new album.

“Music seemed to be an antidote to his worries”说的就是音乐可以解忧，缓解压力。我们可以根据这个意思用 antidote 造句，比如说音乐的功效时就可以说： It seems that music serves as a powerful antidote to worries. Music provides the perfect antidote to loneliness and boredom.

经典工作效率提升指南Getting Things Done中，开篇也出现了 antidote： This is the vaccination against day-to-day firefighting and an antidote for the imbalance many people bring upon themselves.

vaccination 是“疫苗”，在这里表示“预防措施”，antidote 是“解药”，在这里表示“矫正方法”。当我们想表示一个工具、方法的有效性时，就可以用到 vaccination 和 antidote 这类词汇。句子中的 firefighting 和 imbalance 写出了上班族的狼狈，vaccination 和 antidote 和它们一一对应，相比“a good way/method”这样的表达，它们更生动、灵活和恰当，建议直接把这段话背下来。 

个人拓展：

搭配：//offer/provide/ serve as/ act as/ a powerful/ perfect/ quick /potent /wonderful antidote to /for /against stress/depression/ boredom/ anxiety

//an antidote to boredom, an antidote for snakebite, an antidote against inflation

The antidotes for worry are gratitude, action and service. –Adam Smith

背诵：

一剂良药：antidote, cure, remedy

化妆品：抗衰老 age antidote=anti aging

Action is the antidote to despair. –Joan Baez

This is a vaccination against day-to-day firefighting and an antidote for the imbalance many people bring upon themselves.

法语antidote n.m.

Le travail est un bon antidote contre l’ennui.工作是摆脱烦恼的良药