DRUG1 legal drugs used to treat illnesses, pain etc2 an illegal drug3 to take a drug4 when someone's mind has been affected by illegal drugs5 to take too much of a drug6 to stop taking drugs7 buying and selling drugsRELATED WORDSsomeone who often takes illegal drugs and cannot stop 经常吸毒并无法戒掉的人ADDICTEDsee alsoMEDICAL TREATMENTUNCONSCIOUSSMOKING1 legal drugs used to treat illnesses, pain etc 用于治病止痛等的合法药物drug /drʌg/ [countable noun]a chemical substance used for treating illnesses or to stop people feeling pain 药，药物 Morphine is a very powerful drug. 吗啡药性非常强。 The drugs I take for hay fever make me feel very drowsy. 我吃了治花粉病的药，感到昏昏欲睡。 One disadvantage of the drug is that it is very expensive. 这种药的一个缺点是太贵了。drug company/maker The New Jersey drug maker will begin marketing its new anti-balding medication in April. 那家新泽西州的制药商将于4月份在市场上推出其新开发的防脱发药。prescription druga drug that you can only get with the permission of a doctor 处方药 The article says that Ware tried to commit suicide by combining prescription drugs and alcohol. 文章说韦尔把处方药和酒一起服下企图自杀。2 an illegal drug 违禁药物drug /drʌg/ [countable noun]an illegal substance that people take for pleasure, or because they cannot stop taking it 毒品 Thompson was arrested for selling drugs in the fall of 1992. 1992年秋，汤普森因贩毒被捕。 a new campaign to warn teens about the danger of drugs 告诫青少年毒品危害性的一场新宣传活动illegal drugs The agency's efforts to reduce the flow of illegal drugs into the United States has largely failed. 这家专门机构想要减少毒品流入美国的努力大部分都失败了。hard druga powerful illegal drug that can make you very ill or kill you 〔毒性很大的〕硬毒品 Dewey said that legalizing marijuana would encourage people to experiment with hard drugs such as cocaine or heroin. 杜威说使大麻合法化可能会鼓励人们去尝试可卡因或海洛因这类硬毒品。soft drugan illegal drug that is less dangerous than a hard drug 〔毒性较小的〕软毒品 Seven out of ten teenagers said they had tried soft drugs. 十个青少年中就有七个说试过服用软毒品。drug abusethe use of illegal drugs, especially in a way that is very bad for your health 滥用毒品 She has been treated for alcohol and drug abuse. 她因酗酒和吸毒而接受过治疗。drug addiction The organization tries to deal with the widespread problems of drug addiction and alcoholism. 该团体试图解决涉及面很广的吸毒和酗酒问题。narcotics /nɑːʳˈkɒtɪksǁ-ˈkɑː-/ [plural noun]especially Americanillegal drugs - used especially in news reports and in legal contexts 【尤美】〔非法〕麻醉品；毒品〔尤用于新闻报道及法律文体中〕 Laws governing the sale of narcotics vary from state to state. 监管非法麻醉品买卖的法律在州与州之间各不相同。 Police are investigating a recent spate of narcotics offenses in Miami. 警方正在调查最近迈阿密发生的一连串毒品犯罪事件。illegal substance /ɪˌliːgəl ˈsʌbstəns/ [countable noun usually plural]an illegal drug of any type - used especially in legal and official contexts 违禁药物〔尤在司法界或正式场合使用〕 Tucker was charged with the possession of an illegal substance. 塔克被指控私藏违禁药物。 Drug tests taken 24 hours after the crash showed no trace of illegal substances in either of the drivers. 撞车事件发生24小时后进行的药物测试显示，两名驾车者均未有服用违禁药物的迹象。3 to take a drug 服用药物take /teɪk/ [transitive verb]to put a drug into your body - use this about legal or illegal drugs 服用 I can't take penicillin; I'm allergic to it. 我不能用青霉素，我对它过敏。 She took a couple of aspirins before going to bed. 她上床睡觉前服了几片阿司匹林。take drugsuse illegal drugs 吸毒 Sinclair admitted that she had taken drugs several years before. 辛克莱承认几年前曾服用过毒品。 He neither drinks nor takes drugs. 他既不喝酒又不吸毒。be on /biː ˈɒn/ [transitive verb]to take a drug regularly, especially because you cannot stop taking it 服用〔药物，尤指成瘾〕be on heroin/cocaine/speed etc How long has she been on heroin? 她吸食海洛因有多久了?be on drugsregularly take illegal drugs 经常吸毒 Our 28-year-old son is on drugs. 我们那个28岁的儿子有毒瘾。use /juːz/ [transitive verb]to regularly take illegal drugs 〔经常性地〕服用〔非法毒品〕 She first started using drugs when she was thirteen. 她13岁时第一次吸食毒品。 Morgan stopped using drugs and alcohol six years ago when he entered a long-term treatment program. 摩根六年前参加了一个长期治疗计划，自此就停止吸毒和酗酒了。drug user /ˈdrʌg ˌjuːzəʳ/ [countable noun] Herring, 55, is a former drug user who started the foundation in San José in 1980. 55岁的赫林以前曾是吸毒者，他于1980年在圣何塞创立了该基金会。do drugs /duː ˈdrʌgz/ [verb phrase]informalto take illegal drugs, especially regularly 【非正式】〔尤指经常地〕吸毒，使用毒品 I did a lot of drugs when I was at university. 我在大学里曾大量服用过毒品。 Davis said he quit doing drugs when he became a parent. 戴维斯说他当爸爸以后就不再吸毒了。inject /ɪnˈdʒekt/ [intransitive/transitive verb]to put a drug into someone's body using a needle 注射〔毒品〕 Most heroin users prefer to inject the drug. 大多数使用海洛因的人都喜欢用注射的方法。 A drug that is injected reaches the brain faster than if it is smoked or sniffed. 注射毒品比吸食或以鼻吸入的方式要更迅速地使药效到达大脑。 Two years ago I was both smoking and injecting. 两年前我既吸食又注射毒品。come down /ˌkʌm ˈdaʊn/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to stop being affected by a powerful drug that you have taken 〔服用强效毒品药性消失后〕清醒过来 I think I'm starting to come down. Let's smoke another joint. 我觉得开始清醒过来了。我们再来吸一支大麻卷烟吧。4 when someone's mind has been affected by illegal drugs 某人的神志受到毒品药性的影响high /haɪ/ [adjective not before noun]feeling very excited, happy, and full of energy because of the effects of a drug 〔吸食毒品后〕极度兴奋的 God, I got so high last night. 天哪，昨晚我吸毒后兴奋得很。high on drugs/ecstasy/LSD etc Newton died at age 47 while high on crack cocaine. 牛顿在吸食强效可卡因后处于极度兴奋状态时死亡，终年47岁。as high as a kitevery high 飘飘欲仙的 She was as high as a kite. 她极度兴奋。stoned /stəʊnd/ [adjective not before noun]informalfeeling very relaxed or happy and not able to behave normally because of the effect of a drug 【非正式】〔用药后〕极度松弛〔兴奋〕的；神志恍惚的 The guy playing lead guitar was completely stoned. 那个首席吉他手吸毒后彻底神志恍惚了。get stoned ‘What did you guys end up doing last night?’ ‘Not much. We got stoned and watched TV - that's about it.’ “昨晚后来你们去干什么了？”“没什么。我们吸了毒迷迷糊糊看电视，就这点事。”wired /waɪəʳd/ [adjective not before noun]informalfeeling very excited and nervous as a result of taking a drug 【非正式】〔用药后〕非常兴奋的；非常紧张的 I was still way too wired to go to bed. 我仍然兴奋得无法上床睡觉。be out of your head/be out of it /biː ˌaʊt əv jɔːʳ ˈhed, biː ˈaʊt əv ɪt/ [verb phrase]informalto not know what you are doing or what is happening around you, because you have taken an illegal drug 【非正式】〔吸毒后〕神志不清 Can Sally go back in your room and lie down? She's really out of it. 萨莉可以回你的房间躺下来吗？她神志很模糊了。 They had taken some mushrooms and were completely out of their heads by the time they got to the party. 他们服用了一些致幻蘑菇，来到聚会上时已完全神志不清了。5 to take too much of a drug 过量服用某种药物take an overdose /ˌteɪk ən ˈəʊvəʳdəʊs/ [verb phrase]to take a dangerously large amount of a drug, usually deliberately 服药过量〔通常是故意地〕 Can someone call an ambulance? I think he's taken an overdose. 谁帮忙叫辆救护车来行吗？我想他是服药过量了。take an overdose of The woman apparently tried to commit suicide by taking an overdose of a prescription drug. 这女人显然是想以过量服用处方药来自杀。overdose [countable noun] Marilyn Monroe was 36 when she died of an overdose of sleeping pills in August 1962. 玛丽莲·梦露于1962年8月因过量服用安眠药死亡，享年36岁。overdose on /ˈəʊvəʳdəʊs ɒn/ [verb phrase]to take a dangerously large amount of a particular drug, usually by accident 服用过量〔通常是意外地〕 He overdosed on heroin. 他服用了过量的海洛因。OD /ˌəʊ ˈdiː/ [intransitive verb]spoken informalto take a dangerously large amount of a drug, usually deliberately 【口，非正式】服用过量〔毒品，通常是故意地〕 ‘How did she die?’ ‘She OD'd.’ “她怎么死的？”“她吸毒过量了。”OD on Brody OD'd on a mixture of cocaine and heroin. 布罗迪过量服用了可卡因加海洛因混合剂。6 to stop taking drugs 停止吸毒come off /kʌm ˈɒf/ [transitive phrasal verb]especially Britishto gradually stop taking a drug that you have been taking for a long time - use this about legal or illegal drugs 【尤英】〔长期服药、吸毒后〕慢慢停服 It was ten years before she managed to come off morphine. 她花了十年时间设法戒掉了吗啡。be in rehab /biː ɪn ˈriːhæb/ [verb phrase]if someone isin rehab, they are getting treatment to help them stop taking drugs or drinking too much alcohol 在接受戒毒〔戒酒〕的康复治疗 He's been in rehab for over three months. 他接受戒毒〔戒酒〕康复治疗已有三个多月了。 Danny was recently arrested for cocaine, but he's kept his job and he's in rehab. 丹尼最近因吸食可卡因被捕，但他仍有工作，正在接受康复治疗。rehab [adjective only before noun] a rehab center 康复中心7 buying and selling drugs 买卖毒品drug trafficking /ˈdrʌg ˌtræfɪkɪŋ/ [uncountable noun]the illegal activity of taking drugs from one country to another and selling them 毒品买卖；走私毒品 He's wanted in the US on charges of drug trafficking. 他因受指控从事毒品买卖而遭美国通缉。 The government's efforts to limit drug trafficking have mostly failed. 该政府要限制毒品买卖的努力大部分都失败了。drug trafficker [countable noun]someone who takes drugs illegally from one country to another and sells them: 毒品贩子 a suspected drug trafficker 被怀疑贩毒的人drug dealer/dealer /ˈdrʌg ˌdiːləʳ, ˈdiːləʳ/ [countable noun]someone who sells illegal drugs, especially to someone that they know 毒品贩子〔尤指那些把毒品卖给熟人的贩毒者〕 He was accused of purchasing cocaine from an Indianapolis drug dealer. 他被控从一名印第安诺波利斯的毒品贩子手中购买可卡因。 Police arrested a dealer yesterday who was selling marijuana to 12-year-olds. 警察昨天拘捕了一名毒品贩子，他把大麻卖给12岁的儿童。pusher/drug pusher /ˈpʊʃəʳ, ˈdrʌg ˌpʊʃəʳ/ [countable noun]someone who sells illegal drugs, especially in order to encourage people to start taking drugs 贩毒者〔尤指鼓励别人开始吸毒者〕 A pusher approached us, asking if we wanted to buy any crack. 一个贩毒者走过来，问我们要不要买强效可卡因。 Being a university city, Oxford is an obvious target for the pushers. 牛津作为一座大学城，显然是贩毒者的目标。