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Methadone is a strong medical drug in the same broad family as and heroin. Doctors give it to people who are trying to stop heroin: it calms the sick feeling of withdrawal so the person can live more steadily, keep a job, and, often, slowly take less. It is not a vitamin, and it is not a simple cure — it still acts like those other strong pain-family drugs, which is exactly why it can stand in for heroin.
Methadone is a strong medical drugMethadone是一種很強的醫療用藥 in the same broad family as opium and heroin跟鴉片和海洛因屬於同一個大家族 Doctors give it to people who are trying to stop heroin醫生會開給正在戒海洛因的人 it calms the sick feeling of withdrawal它能緩和戒斷時的不適感 so the person can live more steadily讓這個人能過得比較穩定 keep a job保住工作 and, often, slowly take less而且通常能慢慢減少用量 It is not a vitamin它不是維他命 and it is not a simple cure也不是一個簡單的解方 it still acts like those other strong pain-family drugs它的作用還是跟那些其他強效止痛藥家族的藥物一樣 which is exactly why it can stand in for heroin這正是為什麼它可以取代海洛因
People usually take it as a liquid or a tablet at a clinic, because it is tightly controlled. In the news it sits next to words like treatment and replacement.
People usually take it as a liquid or a tablet at a clinic人們通常在診所裡以液體或藥錠的形式服用 because it is tightly controlled因為它受到嚴格管制 In the news it sits next to words like treatment and replacement在新聞裡它常常跟treatment（治療）、replacement（替代）這些字一起出現
Though actually, the name is close to meth, which in English almost always means , a different drug that speeds you up. Methadone is the slow, clinic medicine; meth is the illegal stimulant.
Though actually不過其實 the name is unkindly close to meth這個名字跟meth長得有點像，容易讓人搞混 which in English almost always means methamphetaminemeth在英文裡幾乎都是指methamphetamine（甲基安非他命） a different drug that speeds you up是一種讓人亢奮的不同藥物 Methadone is the slow, clinic medicineMethadone是那種緩和的、診所用藥 meth is the illegal stimulantmeth則是非法的興奮劑
Methadone can still be dangerous if it is mixed with other drugs or taken in the wrong amount.
Methadone can still be dangerousMethadone還是可能很危險 if it is mixed with other drugs如果跟其他藥物混用 or taken in the wrong amount或者服用的劑量不對
組成A short name squeezed out of a long chemical name. The pieces that survive include di- ('two'), methyl (a carbon group chemists name this way), and amino (a nitrogen group).
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- methylthe meth- piece in the chemical name comes from this
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以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
methadonenoun/ˈmɛθ.əd.əʊn/
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medicinepharmacologysciencesA powerful synthetic analgesic drug which is similar to morphine in its effects but less sedative and is used as a substitute drug in the treatment of morphine and heroin addiction.
- But methadone is a dangerous drug. If taken orally by a nonaddict, it can cause euphoria or even death.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。