美国有线新闻 CNN 美国严查芬太尼

 

Getting started this Monday, it’s considered one of the most dangerous drugs in the world. It factors in heavily to the heroin¹ epidemic² we’ve reported on in the U.S. But it’s also blamed for deaths in Europe, Africa, and Australia.

今日头条新闻，这种药被认为是世界上最危险的药品之一。我们之前曾经报道过，这种药在美国对海洛因流行影响很大。但是，这种药也导致欧洲、亚洲和澳大利亚很多人死亡。

Fentanyl is a manmade painkiller³. The United Nations recently put restrictions⁴ on some of the chemicals used to make it. It says fentanyl is the strongest painkiller in existence for medical use, but then it’s also highly addictive⁵ and especially dangerous when abused because it’s so powerful, many times stronger than even heroin itself.

芬太尼是一种人造的止痛药。联合国最近限制使用一些化学物品生产这种止痛药。联合国表示，芬太尼是目前医用的药效最强的止痛药，但是由于药效非常强，比海洛因的效力还要强上数倍，如果滥用会导致上瘾或者引发危险。

Fentanyl used to be found only in pharmacies⁶. Now, it’s showing up in counterfeit⁷ pills, much of what’s being sold on the black market contains fentanyl. It’s much more potent⁸ than prescription⁹ medications and it’s killing¹⁰ people who take it.

芬太尼这种药只在药店销售。现在，黑市上出售的一些假冒药品都含有芬太尼。这些假药比处方药的药效要强，会给服用的人带来生命危险。

One challenge for U.S. officials who are trying to stop its spread, the actual machines used to make the pills. They’re arriving on American shores in a record numbers and they’re contributing to overdoses in every corner of the country.

现在试图阻止这种药传播的美国官员面临的难题是，用来制造这些药的机器。现在，这些机器以超高数量抵达美国，并且使美国各地这种药物服用过量。

It’s happening all over the country, in New Mexico, in Florida, in California. People are dying from counterfeit pills made with a dangerous synthetic¹¹ drug called fentanyl, a drug that’s 25 to 50 times stronger than heroin, up to 100 times more potent than morphine.

新墨西哥、佛罗里达、加州等美国各地都在上演这样的一幕。很多人由于服用还有芬太尼的假药而致命。芬太尼是一种危险的合成药品，其药效比海洛因要高出25到50倍，而比普通的吗啡高出100倍。

People have died from ingesting what they think is a legitimate¹² painkiller and it’s a counterfeit pill that contains fentanyl.

很多人由于摄取他们任何的合法止痛药而丧命。但是这种止痛药是假冒产品，内含芬太尼。

1 heroin   

n.海洛因

参考例句：

• Customs have made their biggest ever seizure of heroin.海关查获了有史以来最大的一批海洛因。
• Heroin has been smuggled out by sea.海洛因已从海上偷运出境。

2 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

3 painkiller   

n.止痛药

参考例句：

• I shall persuade him to take the painkiller.我将说服他把药吃下去。
• The painkiller only provides him a short respite from his pain.止痛药仅仅让他在疼痛中有短暂的疏解。

4 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

5 addictive   

adj.(吸毒等)使成瘾的，成为习惯的

参考例句：

• The problem with video game is that they're addictive.电子游戏机的问题在于它们会使人上瘾。
• Cigarettes are highly addictive.香烟很容易使人上瘾。

6 pharmacies   

药店

参考例句：

• Still, 32 percent of the pharmacies filled the prescriptions. 但仍然有32%的药剂师配发了这两张药方。 来自互联网
• Chinese herbal pharmacies, and traditional massage therapists in the Vancouver telephone book. 中药店，和传统的按摩师在温哥华的电话簿里。 来自互联网

7 counterfeit   

vt.伪造，仿造；adj.伪造的，假冒的

参考例句：

• It is a crime to counterfeit money.伪造货币是犯罪行为。
• The painting looked old but was a recent counterfeit.这幅画看上去年代久远，实际是最近的一幅赝品。

8 potent   

adj.强有力的，有权势的；有效力的

参考例句：

• The medicine had a potent effect on your disease.这药物对你的病疗效很大。
• We must account of his potent influence.我们必须考虑他的强有力的影响。

9 prescription   

n.处方，开药；指示，规定

参考例句：

• The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
• The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。

10 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

11 synthetic   

adj.合成的，人工的；综合的；n.人工制品

参考例句：

• We felt the salesman's synthetic friendliness.我们感觉到那位销售员的虚情假意。
• It's a synthetic diamond.这是人造钻石。

12 legitimate   

adj.合法的，合理的，合乎逻辑的；v.使合法

参考例句：

• Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
• That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。