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调剂
tiáo jì
Meaning
- (fig.) (of an activity) to provide variety in one's daily life; to serve as a change of pace
- to adjust; to redistribute (resources etc)
Definition
调整、调配，使和谐或缓解某种情况；也指在药物或化学中混合配制。
To adjust, regulate, or mix to achieve balance or alleviate a situation; also refers to compounding or mixing in pharmacy or chemistry.
Usage
常用于表示对生活、工作、情感等进行调节，以缓解压力或改善状态；在医学上指配制药物；在化学中指调配试剂。
Often used to describe adjusting or alleviating aspects of life, work, or emotions; in medicine, refers to compounding drugs; in chemistry, to preparing reagents.
Examples
- 1 阅读是一种很好的生活调剂，能够让人放松心情。 (Reading is a good way to adjust life, helping people relax.)
- 2 药剂师正在调剂处方药。 (The pharmacist is compounding the prescription medication.)
- 3 工作太紧张了，需要找些娱乐活动来调剂一下。 (Work is too stressful; we need some recreational activities to balance it out.)
- 4 他通过运动来调剂情绪，缓解焦虑。 (He regulates his mood through exercise to alleviate anxiety.)
- 5 这两种化学物质按一定比例调剂后会产生新的化合物。 (These two chemicals, when mixed in a certain proportion, produce a new compound.)
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