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。