今天我們要學(xué)的詞是 adulterate.
adulterate 的意思是摻雜,摻假。 Many drug dealers in the U.S. have started to adulterate heroin with fentanyl, not recognizing that fentanyl is 50 to 80 times more powerful than heroin. 美國的許多毒品販已經(jīng)開始在海洛因中摻入芬太尼作假,但沒有意識(shí)到芬太尼的強(qiáng)度比海洛因大50到80倍。
adulterate 的形容詞形式 adulterated,就是摻假的。A recent surge of incidences of adulterated products has forced U.S. Food and Drug Administration to tighten drug-safety regulations. 最近摻假藥品的事件激增,迫使美國食品和藥物管理局實(shí)施更嚴(yán)格的藥物安全法規(guī)。