跟艾米莉一起学口语 第458期:减弱

 take the edge off....减弱

Aspirin¹ will usually take the edge off the pain.
阿司匹林通常可以减轻疼痛。
I need a sandwich to take the edge off my appetite.
我需要一个三明治以解腹中饥。

A:How can I help you today?
我今天能帮你点什么？
B:I am in a lot of pain from my knee surgery last week and I need some stronger medicine.
我上周做完膝部手术后，膝盖就一直疼，我需要一些更强效的药。
A:The painkillers³ I prescribed for you are not working?
我给你开的止疼药不管用吗？
B:They only take the edge off for an hour or two.After that,the pain returns.
止疼药只能维持一到两个小时。过后，又开始痛了。
A:Well,right now you are taking a very mild painkiller².If it's not helping,I can give you something else.
好吧，现在你服用的是一种非常温和的止疼药。如果不起作用，我再给你开一些别的药。
B:How about morphine?
吗啡怎么样？
A:We only prescribe morphine in extreme cases.There is another good medicine I will prescribe for you.
我们只有在极其特殊的情况下才会开吗啡。我会给你开另一种有效的药。
B:Oh,I didn't know that.I'll try whatever you recommend.
哦，我不懂这些。你说什么，我都会试试。

1 aspirin   

n.阿司匹林

参考例句：

• The aspirin seems to quiet the headache.阿司匹林似乎使头痛减轻了。
• She went into a chemist's and bought some aspirin.她进了一家药店，买了些阿司匹林。

2 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。

3 painkillers   

n.止痛药( painkiller的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The doctor gave him some painkillers to ease the pain. 医生给了他一些止疼片以减缓疼痛。 来自辞典例句
• The primary painkillers - opiates, like OxyContin - are widely feared, misunderstood and underused. 人们对主要的镇痛药——如鸦片剂奥施康定——存在广泛的恐惧、误解，因此没有充分利用。 来自时文部分