"medicine containing opium," early 15c., from Medieval Latin opiatus, from Latin opium (see opium). Figurative sense of "anything that dulls the feelings" is from 1640s. From 1540s in English as an adjective, "made with or containing opium."
雙語例句
1. It was Karl Marx who said, "Religion is the opiate of the people".
卡爾·馬克思曾說，“宗教是人民的精神鴉片。”
來自柯林斯例句
2. Work no longer could be an opiate anesthetizing him against his feelings and convictions.
他再也不用把工作當成麻醉自己情感與意愿的鴉片了.
來自辭典例句
3. He cannot sleep, not even after taking an opiate.
他睡不著,甚至服了安眠藥之后也睡不著.
來自互聯網
4. Religion isn't the opiate of the masses, fashion is.
信仰不是大眾的麻醉劑, 但流行時尚是.
來自互聯網
5. Objective To review the neurochemical substrates of opiate reinforcement.