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take a drug
常用搭配，表示服药。
She takes a drug for her headache.
她服用一种药治疗头痛。
药；麻药；麻醉药
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
药；麻药；麻醉药
a substance used as a medicine or narcotic
She takes a drug for her headache.
她服用一种药治疗头痛。
用于治疗疾病、缓解症状或改变体内化学过程的物质。
A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.
用作药物或麻醉剂的物质
a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
精神活性物质,尤指非法且易成瘾的,用于娱乐,如可卡因。
A psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive, ingested for recreational use, such as cocaine.
任何使人上瘾的事物,如物质、情感或行为。
Anything, such as a substance, emotion, or action, to which one is addicted.
The doctor prescribed a new drug for my skin problem.
医生为我的皮肤问题开了一种新药。
Some drugs can be bought without a prescription.
有些药无需处方就能买到。
She takes this drug with food every day.
她每天随餐服用这种药。
常用搭配，表示服药。
She takes a drug for her headache.
她服用一种药治疗头痛。
用于医疗场景。
The doctor prescribed a new drug.
医生开了一种新药。
及物动词，常含非法或不良意图。
They drugged the guard.
他们给警卫下了药。
不及物用法，通常带贬义。
He has been drugging for years.
他吸毒多年。
Not this
I need to take my drug every day.
Use this
I need to take my medicine every day.
在英语中，“drug”常指麻醉药或毒品，带有负面含义；而“medicine”泛指药物，是中性词。此处表达日常服药应用“medicine”。
Not this
He drugged last night.
Use this
He took drugs last night.
“Drug”作动词时为及物动词，必须带宾语，表示“给…服药”或“使麻醉”。表示“吸毒”应使用短语“take drugs”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
处方药
The doctor prescribed a prescription drug for my infection.
医生为我的感染开了处方药。
非法药物；毒品
He was arrested for selling illegal drugs.
他因贩卖非法药物被捕。
药物滥用；吸毒
Drug abuse can lead to serious health problems.
药物滥用会导致严重的健康问题。
毒瘾；药物成瘾
She struggled with drug addiction for years.
她与毒瘾斗争了多年。
毒贩
The police arrested a known drug dealer in the neighborhood.
警方在该社区逮捕了一名知名毒贩。
药物过量
A drug overdose can be fatal if not treated immediately.
如果不立即治疗，药物过量可能致命。
入门毒品
Marijuana is often considered a gateway drug to more dangerous substances.
大麻常被认为是通往更危险毒品的入门毒品。
首选毒品
Heroin was his drug of choice before he entered rehab.
海洛因是他进入康复中心前的首选毒品。
在吸毒；受毒品影响
He was acting strangely, as if he were on drugs.
他行为怪异，好像吸毒了似的。
就对毒品说不。
The 1980s anti-drug campaign popularized the phrase "Just say no to drugs."
20世纪80年代的反毒品运动推广了“就对毒品说不”这句口号。
毒品是坏的，好吗？
Mr. Mackey from South Park often says, "Drugs are bad, m'kay?"
《南方公园》中的麦基老师常说：“毒品是坏的，好吗？”
Use drug naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
拼写d-r-u-g联想为'大入药柜'（dà rù yào guì），帮记'药'义。
该词作“药”解时，通常用于医疗或药房场景，语域偏中性，多见于药物说明、处方等语境。
注意：名词可数，动词既可接宾语（使服麻醉药）也可不接宾语（吸毒）。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.