VOA慢速英语:Words and Their Stories: How the 'Rx' Sign Came to Be

词汇讲解：

1. sign n. 标记, 符号；手势, 姿势, 信号；征兆, 迹象
例句：She put her finger to her lips as a sign to be quiet.
她将手指放在唇上表示应安静。

2. appear vi.出现, 显现；产生, 出版
例句：We expected him, but he never appeared.
我们等他, 他却一直没来。

3. prescription n. 药, 治疗方法；处方, 药方；开处方, 开药
例句：The dispenser quickly filled the prescription for me.
药剂师立刻照处方为我配了药。

4. pray v. 祈祷, 祷告
例句：We prayed that she would recover.
我们为她尽快康复而祈祷。

5. demon n. 恶魔,恶鬼,鬼
例句：He claimed to be able to cast out demons.
他自称能驱魔。

6. wisdom n. 明智, 智慧, 正确的判断
例句：Experience is the mother of wisdom.
经验是智慧之母。

7. heal v. (使)愈合, 治愈, (使)恢复健康
例句：The surgeon healed the soldier's bullet wound in the leg.
医生治好了那位士兵腿部的枪伤。

8. suffering n. 身体或心灵的痛苦, 苦难;折磨
例句：The medication should ease the suffering.
这种疗法能减轻痛苦。

9. remain vi. 保持；继续；仍然处于；依然
例句：I haven't seen them for ten years. They remain as they were.
我十年没见他们了，他们还是从前那样。

10. assistance n. 帮助, 援助,支持
例句：You can not rely on his assistance.
别指望他帮你。