therapeutic
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ther·a·peu·tic /ˌθerəˈpjuːtɪk◂/ ●○○ adjective 1 CALMmaking you feel calm and relaxed 使人镇静的，使人放松的 I find swimming very therapeutic. 我觉得游泳能让人很放松。 the therapeutic effect of gardening 园艺劳动使人放松的作用2 M[usually before noun] relating to the treatment or cure of an illness 治疗的 → therapy Some claim that the herb has therapeutic value for treating pain. 有些人称这种草药具有止痛的疗效。 —therapeutically /-kli/ adverb
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therapeutic• The world news might not be therapeutic.• As with other therapeutic approaches, family therapy includes several phases.• therapeutic drugs• No doubt writing this book had therapeutic effects for its author.• The always therapeutic intake of champagne helped.• A summary of acute therapeutic stratagems is provided in Table 3-4.• It is an unfortunate fact that Klein has almost no sociological theory, and that Marcuse has no therapeutic theory.• Quinn and Strelkauskas explored various psychologic and immunologic effects of therapeutic touch.• The treatment has little therapeutic value.Origin therapeutic (1500-1600) Greek therapeutikos, from therapeuein; → THERAPYther·a·peu·tic adjectiveChineseSyllable
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therapeutic
ther‧a‧peu‧tic /ˌθerəˈpjuːtɪk◂/
adjective1. making you feel calm and relaxed:
I find swimming very therapeutic.
the therapeutic effect of gardening
2. [usually before noun] relating to the treatment or cure of an illness ⇨ therapy:
Some claim that the herb has therapeutic value for treating pain.
—therapeutically /-kli/ adverb
ther‧a‧peu‧tic /ˌθerəˈpjuːtɪk◂/
adjective1. making you feel calm and relaxed: 2. [usually before noun] relating to the treatment or cure of an illness ⇨ therapy:
—therapeutically /-kli/ adverb