"medicine containing opium," early 15c., from Medieval Latin opiatus, from Latin opium (see opium). Figurative sense of "anything that dulls the feelings" is from 1640s. From 1540s in English as an adjective, "made with or containing opium."
实用例句
1. 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。”
来自柯林斯例句
2. Work no longer could be an opiate anesthetizing him against his feelings and convictions.
他再也不用把工作当成麻醉自己情感与意愿的鸦片了.
来自辞典例句
3. He cannot sleep, not even after taking an opiate.
他睡不着,甚至服了安眠药之后也睡不着.
来自互联网
4. Religion isn't the opiate of the masses, fashion is.
信仰不是大众的麻醉剂, 但流行时尚是.
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5. Objective To review the neurochemical substrates of opiate reinforcement.
