pharmaceutical

pharmaceutical — adjective

1. connected with the science, business, or work of developing, preparing, and sell

1.形容詞C1
釋義

connected with the science, business, or work of developing, preparing, and selling medicines.

例句

The pharmaceutical company opened a small research lab in Kaohsiung.

attributive: pharmaceutical + company

Mina left hospital work and joined a pharmaceutical sales team.

collocation: pharmaceutical sales team

同義詞
  • medical

    broader; covers doctors, hospitals, and treatment in general, not only medicines

  • medicinal

    focuses on healing use or effect, not the drug industry

  • drug

    works in compounds like 'drug company', but sounds less formal

文法句型

pharmaceutical + company/industry/product

work in pharmaceutical research

用法筆記

Usually appears before nouns such as 'company', 'industry', 'research', or 'product'. In everyday English, speakers more often choose broader words like 'medical' unless the focus is specifically on medicines or the drug business.

常見錯誤

❌She works in pharmaceutical.
✅She works in the pharmaceutical industry.
💡this adjective usually needs a following noun, or a fixed phrase like 'the pharmaceutical industry'.
❌These plants are pharmaceutical.
✅These plants are medicinal.
💡'pharmaceutical' is about medicines as products or business, not simply natural healing properties.

pharmaceutical — noun