跟艾米莉一起學(xué)口語(yǔ) 第463期:減弱

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take the edge off....減弱

Aspirin will usually take the edge off the pain.

阿司匹林通常可以減輕疼痛。

I need a sandwich to take the edge off my appetite.

我需要一個(gè)三明治以解腹中饑。

A:How can I help you today?

我今天能幫你點(diǎn)什么？

B:I am in a lot of pain from my knee surgery last week and I need some stronger medicine.

我上周做完膝部手術(shù)后，膝蓋就一直疼，我需要一些更強(qiáng)效的藥。

A:The painkillers I prescribed for you are not working?

我給你開(kāi)的止疼藥不管用嗎？

B:They only take the edge off for an hour or two.After that,the pain returns.

止疼藥只能維持一到兩個(gè)小時(shí)。過(guò)后，又開(kāi)始痛了。

A:Well,right now you are taking a very mild painkiller.If it's not helping,I can give you something else.

好吧，現(xiàn)在你服用的是一種非常溫和的止疼藥。如果不起作用，我再給你開(kāi)一些別的藥。

B:How about morphine?

嗎啡怎么樣？

A:We only prescribe morphine in extreme cases.There is another good medicine I will prescribe for you.

我們只有在極其特殊的情況下才會(huì)開(kāi)嗎啡。我會(huì)給你開(kāi)另一種有效的藥。

B:Oh,I didn't know that.I'll try whatever you recommend.

哦，我不懂這些。你說(shuō)什么，我都會(huì)試試。