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n. 资料，材料; datum的复数; [计算机] 数据，资料; 从科学实验中提取的价值;
[例句]The study was based on data from 2,100 women
这项研究基于从2,100名女性那里收集来的资料。

2.opioid

adj. 类鸦片（引起）的;
n. 类鸦片活性肽;
[例句]Dopamine pathways are closely associated with addiction and the deep-level pain relief induced by morphine and

other opioid drugs.
多巴胺和成瘾密切联系，所以吗啡和其他阿片药物可以缓解重度疼痛。

3.horrifying

adj. 令人恐惧的，使人惊骇的;
v. 使震惊，使感到恐怖( horrify的现在分词 );
[例句]The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate.
战争的可能性太可怕了，真不堪细想。

4.surge

n. 汹涌; 大浪，波涛;
v. 汹涌; 起大浪，蜂拥而来;
[例句]Specialists see various reasons for the recent surge in inflation
专家们认为目前通货膨胀加剧有多种原因。

5.antidote

n. 解药，解毒剂; 矫正方法，对抗手段;
[例句]When he returned, he noticed their sickness and prepared an antidote.
他回来后注意到了他们的病状，于是配制了解毒剂。

6.sum up

[词典] 是…的总和[数]; 合计; 总结，概括; 向陪审团概述案情;
[例句]One voter in Brasilia summed up the mood — 'Politicians have lost credibility,' he complained
一位巴西利亚的选民将人们的心情一言概之——“政客们已无信誉可言”，他抱怨道。

7.synthetic

adj. 合成的; 人造的; 摹拟的，虚构的; [语] 综合的;
n. 合成物; 合成纤维; 合成剂;
[例句]Boots made from synthetic materials can usually be washed in a machine.
合成材料制成的靴子通常可以机洗。