▍原文 "Drug-addicted rats" are eating narcotics seized and stored by Houston police, prompting a change in how long the police department is required to store the evidence, officials said. Houston Mayor John Whitmire announced new steps to dispose of drugs kept at police headquarters. Some evidence has been sitting there for decades, attracting rodents, even though cases have long been adjudicated. "We got 400,000 pounds of marijuana in storage," Whitmire said. "The rats are the only ones enjoying it." ▍語言點 1. drug-addicted rat 吸毒成癮的老鼠 ·addicted adj. 上癮的，成癮的 ·drug-addicted adj. 吸毒成癮的 ·rat n. 老鼠，耗子 2. narcotic /nɑːˈkɒtɪk/ n. 毒品，麻醉劑 ·近義詞辨析：narcotic vs. drug narcotic是正式且書面的法律術語，比drug更具權威性，常見於警方、司法語境中。 3. seized UK /siːzd/ adj. 查獲的 ·seize v. （警方）查獲，扣押 4. stored /stɔːrd/ adj. 儲存的 ·store v. 儲存，存放 5. prompt /prɑːmpt/ v. 促使，引發 6. dispose of 處理，處置 7. s...