drug
noun [ C ] uk/dr?ɡ/ us/dr?ɡ/
(MEDICINE)
B2 药，药物，药品
any natural or artificially made chemical that is used as a medicine
anti-cancer/fertility/pain-killing drugs 抗癌／治疗不育症／止疼药
a prescription drug 处方药
drug therapy 药物治疗
He takes several drugs for his condition. 为了治病他要吃好几种药。
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- 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.
(ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE)
B2 毒品;兴奋剂
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 毒品
#p#分页标题#e# a drug addict 吸毒成瘾者
drug addiction/abuse 毒瘾／滥用毒品
She began to suspect that her son was on/taking/doing drugs. 她开始怀疑儿子在吸毒。
She was suspected of being a drug dealer. 她被怀疑是毒品贩子。
His son died of a drug overdose. 他的儿子因吸毒过量而死亡。
成瘾之事
any activity that you cannot stop doing
Work is a drug for him. 他是个工作狂。
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- 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.
drug
verb [ T ] uk/dr?ɡ/ us/dr?ɡ/ -gg-
用药麻醉，对…施用麻醉剂
to give a person or animal a chemical that causes him, her, or it to lose feeling or become unconscious
The killer confessed that he often drugged his victims before he killed them. 那名杀手供认在杀人之前他通常对受害者使用麻醉剂。
#p#分页标题#e# She was heavily drugged to ease the pain. 给她打了大量的麻醉剂来缓解疼痛。
UK 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. 我们去医院看她时她已经打了大量的麻药，我想她都不知道我们去看过她。
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