| 复方汤剂 Polyjuice Potion 作者：J.K.罗琳 2012年10月31日 |
| 最初发布于Pottermore |
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复方汤剂是一种复杂而且耗时的调合药水，最好交由技术高超的巫师来调配。它可以让饮用者获得另一个人的外貌，不过需要把事先取得的那个人身体的一部分加入药剂中（任何部位都可以——剪下的脚趾甲、头皮屑或者更糟糕的东西——但通常还是使用头发）。男女巫师将身体的一部分用于行恶是自古以来就有的概念，并且仍存在于许多文化的习俗与迷信之中。 |
The Polyjuice Potion, which is a complex and time-consuming concoction, is best left to highly skilled witches and wizards. It enables the consumer to assume the physical appearance of another person, as long as they have first procured part of that individual's body to add to the brew (this may be anything – toenail clippings, dandruff or worse – but it is most usual to use hair). The idea that a witch or wizard might make evil use of parts of the body is an ancient one, and exists in the folklore and superstitions of many cultures. |
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复方汤剂的作用只是暂时性的，而取决于调配的纯熟度，它的效果可在十分钟至十二小时之间。你可以通过复方汤剂改变年龄、性别和种族，但不能改变物种。 |
The effect of the potion is only temporary, and depending on how well it has been brewed, may last anything from between ten minutes and twelve hours. You can change age, sex and race by taking the Polyjuice Potion, but not species. |
J.K.罗琳的想法[]
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我还记得编写复方汤剂原料清单的过程，每一种都经过精心挑选。草蛉虫（名字的前半部分象征了两个身份的相互交织或联结）、蚂蟥（吸取一个人的精华，注入另一个人）、双角兽的角（体现二元性）、两耳草（同样暗示与另一个人相关联）、流液草（变成另一个人时身体的可变性）和非洲树蛇皮（褪去外皮获得新生）。 |
I remember creating the full list of ingredients for the Polyjuice Potion. Each one was carefully selected. Lacewing flies (the first part of the name suggested an intertwining or binding together of two identities); leeches (to suck the essence out of one and into the other); horn of a Bicorn (the idea of duality); knotgrass (another hint of being tied to another person); fluxweed (the mutability of the body as it changed into another) and Boomslang skin (a shedded outer body and a new inner). |
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赫敏能在十二岁就调配出合格的复方汤剂，正说明了她出色的魔法能力，因为这是一种连许多成年男女巫师都不敢尝试的魔药。 |
The fact that Hermione is able to make a competent Polyjuice Potion at the age of twelve is testimony to her outstanding magical ability, because it is a potion that many adult witches and wizards fear to attempt. |
内容来源[]
- J.K.罗琳的写作：复方汤剂. J.K.罗琳. 魔法世界网. 2015年8月10日. （原始内容存档于2019年11月23日） （英语）.