concoct 通常指食品、飲料的調制、配制。
Beijing has banned nearly 40 new fentanyl-like painkillers, but opioid chemists there can still concoct new narcotics to get around customs blacklists. 北京已經禁止了近40種類似芬太尼的止痛藥,但當地的阿片類藥物專家們仍然可以制造出新的麻醉劑來躲避海關黑名單。
Researchers were interested in anti-Ebola formulation for bio-defense, should terrorists concoct a biological weapon using Ebola. 研究人員對抗埃博拉的藥品配方感興趣是為了對恐怖分子用埃博拉病毒制造生化武器做出防范。