drug1 /drʌɡ/ ●●● S2 W1 noun [countableC]1 MDDan illegal substance such as marijuana or cocaine, which some people take in order to feel happy, relaxed, or excited 毒品A lot of young people start taking drugs at school. 許多年輕人上學時開始吸毒。
She always looks as though she’s on drugs (=taking drugs). 她總是看上去一副吸過毒的樣子。
Jimi Hendrix died of a drug overdose. 吉米·亨德裏克斯死於吸毒過量。
2 MDa medicine, or a substance for making medicines 藥物,藥材a drug used in the treatment of cancer 用於治療癌症的一種藥物
drug fornew drugs for AIDS-related conditions 治療艾滋病相關病症的新藥
Drugs prescribed (=ordered for people) by doctors can be extremely hazardous if used in the wrong way. 醫生開的處方藥如果使用不當是非常危險的。
The big drug companies make huge profits. 大型制藥公司利潤豐厚。
3 a substance that people doing a sport sometimes take illegally to improve their performance 運動禁藥She was banned from the Olympics after failing a drug test (=a test that shows if you have taken drugs). 她藥檢未能過關,被禁止參加奧運會。
performance-enhancing drugs 提高成績的藥物
4. [usually singular] a substance such as tobacco, coffee, or alcohol, that makes you want more and more of it 成瘾性物質〔如煙草、咖啡、酒〕 5 be (like) a drug if an activity is like a drug, you enjoy it so much that you want to do it more and more 〔某項活動〕使人上瘾,讓人欲罷不能Athletics is like a drug – it keeps dragging you back for more. 體育運動會讓人上瘾,會不斷地使你想練了又練。
→ miracle drug at miracle(3) COLLOCATIONSverbstake/use drugs 吸毒I think I took drugs to escape my problems. 我想我吸毒是爲了逃避問題。
do drugs informal (=take drugs) 吸毒All my friends were doing drugs. 我的朋友都在吸毒。
be on drugs (=take drugs regularly) 經常吸毒It can be very hard to tell if your teenager is on drugs. 有時很難斷定自己處於青春期的孩子是否吸毒。
be addicted to drugs/dependent on drugs (=be unable to stop taking drugs) 吸毒成瘾People who are addicted to drugs need help. 吸毒成瘾的人需要幫助。
be/get hooked on drugs informal (=be/get addicted) 吸毒上瘾nShe got hooked on drugs, and ended up homeless.
experiment with drugs (=try taking drugs) 嘗試吸毒nShe admitted that she had experimented with drugs.
come off/get off drugs (=stop taking drugs permanently) 戒毒nIt was years before I was able to come off drugs.
deal (in) drugs (also supply drugs formal) (=sell drugs) 販毒nHe’s in jail for dealing drugs.
inject drugs (=use a needle to put drugs into your body) 注射毒品nPeople who share equipment for injecting drugs are at risk of contracting HIV.
be high on drugs (=be experiencing the effects of a drug) 吸毒後極度興奮的nHe committed the crime while he was high on drugs.
drug + NOUNdrug use/abuse (=taking drugs) 吸毒She is being treated for drug abuse. 她因吸毒而正在接受治療。
a drug user (=someone who takes drugs) 吸毒者,瘾君子We set up a counselling service for drug users. 我們爲吸毒者提供咨詢服務。
drug addiction (=the problem of not being able to stop taking drugs) 毒瘾his struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction 他與酗酒和毒瘾的鬥爭
a drug addict (=someone who cannot stop taking drugs) 吸毒成瘾的人nAt 20 Steve was a drug addict, unemployed and lonely.
a drug problem (=the problem of being addicted to drugs) 吸毒問題nHis daughter has a drug problem.
a drug overdose (=taking too much of a drug at one time) 吸毒過量nShe died from a drug overdose.
a drug dealer/pusher (=someone who sells drugs) 毒販nThe city's streets are full of drug dealers.
a drug trafficker/smuggler (=someone involved in bringing drugs into a country) 毒品走私販nUS efforts against drug traffickers
drug trafficking/smuggling (=the crime of bringing drugs into a country) 毒品走私nThe maximum penalty for drug smuggling was 25 years in jail.
nthe drug tradethe international drug trade
the war on drugs (=a long struggle by the authorities to control drugs) 禁毒戰nThe war on drugs continues.
na drug charge (=a legal accusation that someone is guilty of having or selling drugs)He’s awaiting trial on a drug charge.
na drug offence (=a crime related to having or selling drugs)Luciani is serving 20 years for drug offences.
adjectivesillegal drugs 毒品A lot of crime is connected to illegal drugs. 許多犯罪都和毒品有關。
hard drugs (also class A drugs British EnglishBrE) (=strong drugs such as heroin, cocaine etc) 硬毒品nHe was in prison for dealing hard drugs.
soft drugs (=less strong drugs such as marijuana) 軟毒品nSoft drugs are legal in some countries.
recreational drugs (=taken for pleasure) 消遣性毒品nEcstasy was first used in Britain as a recreational drug in the 1980s.
designer drugs (=produced artificially from chemicals) 人造毒品nDesigner drugs are highly addictive and can have unpredictable side effects.
COMMON ERRORSDon’t say ‘light drugs’. Say soft drugs. 不要說 ‘light drugs’. 而要說 soft drugs.
Instead of ‘heavy drugs’, you usually say hard drugs. 人們不說 ‘heavy drugs’,一般說 hard drugs.