drug

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT A drug is a chemical which is given to people in order to treat or prevent an illness or disease. 药物
The drug will be useful to hundreds of thousands of infected people. 这种药物将会对成千上万感染者有用。
2. N-COUNT Drugs are substances that some people take because of their pleasant effects, but which are usually illegal. 毒品
His mother was on drugs, on cocaine. 他的母亲吸毒，吸可卡因。
She was sure Leo was taking drugs. 她肯定利奥在吸毒。
3. V-T If you drug a person or animal, you give them a chemical substance in order to make them sleepy or unconscious. 用药麻醉
She was drugged and robbed. 她被下了迷药，遭到抢劫。
4. V-T If food or drink is drugged, a chemical substance is added to it in order to make someone sleepy or unconscious when they eat or drink it. 下麻醉药于 (食物或饮料)
I wonder now if that drink had been drugged. 我现在怀疑那饮料是否已被人下了麻醉药。

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.

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 .