今天我們要學的詞是 adulterate. Adulterate is spelled a-d-u-l-t-e-r-a-t-e, 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開始在海洛因中摻入芬太尼作假，但沒有意識到芬太尼的強度比海洛因大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施更嚴格的藥物安全法規。
好的，我們今天學習的詞是 adulterate, adulterate, adulterate.......以上新聞美語即時通由美國之音和中廣新聞網聯合製播，謝謝收聽。
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