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an opiate
作可数名词，指含鸦片或其衍生物的麻醉药品；可与不定冠词连用。
She was given an opiate to reduce the severe pain.
她服用了一种鸦片制剂来缓解剧痛。
鸦片制剂；镇静剂
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
鸦片制剂；镇静剂
a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative
She was given an opiate to reduce the severe pain.
她服用了一种鸦片制剂来缓解剧痛。
从鸦片中提取或与鸦片相关的药物、激素或其他物质。
A drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium.
使感官迟钝并产生虚假不现实满足感的事物。
Something that dulls the senses and induces a false and unrealistic sense of contentment.
The doctor prescribed a mild opiate to help with the patient's severe pain.
医生开了一种温和的鸦片制剂来帮助缓解病人的剧痛。
He was worried that taking an opiate every day might lead to addiction.
他担心每天服用鸦片制剂可能会导致成瘾。
Some opiates are only available with a prescription.
有些鸦片制剂只有凭处方才能获得。
作可数名词，指含鸦片或其衍生物的麻醉药品；可与不定冠词连用。
She was given an opiate to reduce the severe pain.
她服用了一种鸦片制剂来缓解剧痛。
作形容词时置于名词前，表示“含有鸦片的”或“有催眠作用的”。
Opiate drugs can be highly addictive.
含鸦片的药物可能极易上瘾。
作及物动词，后接宾语，意为“给……用麻醉药物”或“使……镇静”。
The medics opiated the wounded soldier before moving him.
医护人员在搬动伤员前先将伤员麻醉了。
Not this
The doctor prescribed opiate for pain.
Use this
The doctor prescribed an opiate for pain.
opiate 是可数名词，单数形式需加不定冠词 an，表示一种鸦片制剂。
Not this
He was arrested for selling opiate.
Use this
He was arrested for selling opium.
opiate 指鸦片制剂（如吗啡），opium 指鸦片本身；走私的是鸦片，因此应用 opium。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
鸦片制剂成瘾
His opiate addiction ruined his health.
他的鸦片制剂成瘾毁掉了健康。
鸦片制剂戒断反应
Opiate withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable.
鸦片制剂戒断反应可能极其难受。
鸦片受体
Opioid drugs act on opiate receptors in the brain.
阿片类药物作用于大脑中的鸦片受体。
鸦片类止痛药
She was given opiate painkillers after the operation.
手术后给她用了鸦片类止痛药。
鸦片制剂泛滥
The opiate epidemic has devastated many families.
鸦片制剂泛滥毁掉了许多家庭。
麻醉大众的事物；精神鸦片
Some critics say that reality TV is the opiate of the masses.
一些评论家说，真人秀电视节目是麻醉大众的精神鸦片。
宗教是麻醉群众的鸦片。
This widely quoted line, a paraphrase of Karl Marx's critique of religion, is often adapted to call anything that dulls public discontent an opiate.
这句广为引用的名言出自卡尔·马克思对宗教的批判，常被改编，用来把任何缓解公众不满情绪的东西称为鸦片制剂。
Use opiate naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
开头的 opi 像 opium（鸦片），鸦片制剂让人麻醉镇静。
语域：mixed 常见场景：medical reports、pharmacology texts、drug policy discussions 该词作名词时通常用于医学、药理学或法律等正式语境，属于较正式的用词；日常口语中比较少见。
这些词都包含 -iate 或 -ate 拼写，但都不是 opiate 的押韵词。opiate 重音在首音节，按给定读音结尾近 /piət/ 或 /piːt/；appropriate、associate、immediate 虽也以 -iate 结尾，但重音在第二音节，结尾读 /iət/；delicate、intimate、private 的 -ate 读 /ət/ 或 /ɪt/。拼写相似，读音不同，注意不要按拼写类推。
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