opiates是什么意思？

opiates

• n. 鸦片制剂（通常用于镇痛或催眠）( opiate的名词复数 )，缓和，减轻；

例句

• Chronic exposure to opiates eventually leads to drug addiction. 长期使用阿片类药物可以导致严重的耐受和成瘾.
• One woman suffered such severe pain she had to take opiates to control it. 有一位妇女剧痛难忍，不得不服用鸦片制剂来镇痛。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （用于镇痛或安眠的）鸦片制剂
  An opiate is a drug that contains opium. Opiates are used to reduce pain or to help people to sleep.
  例句
  One woman suffered such severe pain she had to take opiates to control it. 有一位妇女剧痛难忍，不得不服用鸦片制剂来镇痛。
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  （使人忽视重要事情的）麻醉品，慰藉物
  If you call something an opiate, you disapprove of it because it makes people think less or spend less time on important activities.
  例句
  ...the opiate of mass entertainment... 起到麻痹作用的大众娱乐 It was Karl Marx who said, 'Religion is the opiate of the people'. 卡尔·马克思曾说，“宗教是人民的精神鸦片。”