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单词 drug
释义 drug

drug /drʌɡ/

noun [C] (ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE)
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B2 any natural or artificially made chemical that is taken for pleasure, to improve someone's performance of an activity, or because a person cannot stop using it:
» illegal drugs» a drug addict» drug addiction/abuse» She began to suspect that her son was on/taking/doing drugs.» She was suspected of being a drug dealer.» His son died of a drug overdose.Thesaurus+: ↑Drugs - general words , ↑Specific types of drug
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F0 any activity that you cannot stop doing:
» Work is a drug for him.Thesaurus+: ↑Passionate or passing interestsThesaurus+: ↑Addiction , ↑Drug addiction
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Extra Examples:» The government are to step up their attempt to wage war on drugs.» "I'm arresting you on suspicion of illegally possessing drugs, " said the police officer.» The athlete was given a stiff punishment for using drugs.» Police found a small quantity of drugs in his possession.» Desperate measures are needed to deal with the growing drug problem.
noun [C] (MEDICINE)
B2 any natural or artificially made chemical that is used as a medicine: » anti-cancer/fertility/pain-killing drugs» a prescription drug» drug therapy» He takes several drugs for his condition.Thesaurus+: ↑Medicine in different forms
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Extra Examples:» The new drug could be an important step in the fight against cancer.» There are doubts about the effectiveness of the new drug in treating the disease.» For patients who do not respond to drug treatment, surgery is a possible option.» The doctors gave him more powerful drugs in the vain hope that he might recover.» I can give you stronger pain-killing drugs if these aren't strong enough.
verb [T] (-gg-) ↑Verb Endings for drug
F0 to give someone or something a chemical that causes them to lose feeling or to become unconscious: » The killer confessed that he often drugged his victims before he killed them.» She was heavily drugged to ease the pain.» INFORMAL We visited her in hospital but she was drugged to the eyeballs (= had been given a lot of drugs) and I don't think she even knew we were there.Thesaurus+: ↑Drugs - general words , ↑Specific types of drugThesaurus+: ↑Administering drugs and medicines
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