纪录片《药物依赖》 第27期：对止痛药上瘾

Jo is still battling her addiction¹.

乔仍在与她的药瘾作斗争

The drug she craves² is

让她上瘾的药物就是

the codeine in extra-strength pain killers³.

特效止痛药可待因

Codeine is an opiate,

可待因是一种鸦片

the same family of drugs as class A street drug heroin⁴.

与一级毒品海洛因是同族的

As well as killing⁵ pain,

可待因可以止痛

codeine gives a feeling of calm, of wellbeing,

同时让人有镇静 幸福的感觉

that can be more attractive than the pain-killing itself.

这一点可能要比止痛更吸引人

It is incredibly easy to get addicted⁶ to pain killers

对止痛药上瘾简直轻而易举

and there's an epidemic⁷, that's not too strong a word,

而且情况有蔓延趋势

of usually women out there,

这么说并不夸张

who are entirely⁸ dependent on codeine-based pain killers.

完全依赖于可待因止痛片的女性正在增加

But just like any drug,

但就像其他的药一样

you build up tolerance⁹ and

你体内会产生耐受

it's this that lies behind the addiction.

这就是成瘾的原因

The more you take, the less effect it tends to have.

你吃得越多 作用越小

So you start out taking a small dose.

你一开始吃很小的剂量

You need a bigger dose and a bigger dose

以后的药量会越来越大

and you finally end up in a sort of vicious circle

最后你就形成了恶性循环

where you have to keep increasing the dose over and over,

所以你要不断增加药剂的量

to get the same effect in terms of pain relief.

才能起到原来的止痛效果

1 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。

2 craves   

渴望，热望( crave的第三人称单数 )； 恳求，请求

参考例句：

• The tree craves calm but the wind will not drop. 树欲静而风不止。
• Victory would give him a passport to the riches he craves. 胜利将使他有机会获得自己梦寐以求的财富。

3 killers   

凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事

参考例句：

• He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
• They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。

4 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。

5 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。

6 addicted   

adj.沉溺于....的，对...上瘾的

参考例句：

• He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
• She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。

7 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。

8 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

9 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。