overdose
英 [ˈəʊ.və.dəʊs]
美 [ˈoʊ.vɚ.doʊs]
- vt. 配药过量；使过分沉溺
- n. 药量过多（等于overdosage）
- vi. 服药过量；过分沉溺
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记忆方法
1、over- "too much, above normal" + dose.
中文词源
overdose 剂量过大
over-,超过，过度，dose,剂量。
英语词源
- overdose (n.)
- 1700, "an excessive dose," from over- + dose (n.).
- overdose (v.)
- 1727, "to administer medicine in too large a dose" (transitive); from 1968 as "to take an overdose of drugs;" see over- + dose (v.). Related: Overdosed; overdosing.
权威例句
- 1. In 1970, guitarist Jimi Hendrix died of a drug overdose.
- 1970年，吉他手吉米·亨德里克斯因服药过量而死亡。
- 2. Each year, one in 100 girls aged 15-19 takes an overdose.
- 每年，每100名15至19岁的少女中就有1位嗑药过量。
- 3. Medical opinion varies on how many tablets it takes to overdose.
- 医生对于服用多少药片算作过量意见不一。
- 4. Quick! John! It's Carmela. I think she's taken an overdose.
- 快来！约翰！卡梅拉出事了，我想她用药过量了。
- 5. He took an overdose and was in the hospital for weeks.
- 他用药过量,在医院住了好几个星期.