overdose

1. N-COUNT If someone takes an overdose of a drug, they take more of it than is safe. (用藥) 過量

Each year, one in 100 girls ages 15-19 takes an overdose. 每年，100個15至19歲的女孩中就有１個用藥過量。

2. V-I If someone overdoses on a drug, they take more of it than is safe. 過量服用

He'd overdosed on heroin. 他過量吸食了海洛因。

3. N-COUNT You can refer to too much of something, especially something harmful, as an overdose. 太多的 (有害) 物質(zhì)

An overdose of sun, sea, sand and chlorine can give lighter hair a green tinge. 過多的陽光、海水、沙和氯會給更淺色的頭發(fā)帶來點綠色。

4. V-I You can say that someone overdoses on something if they have or do too much of it. 過度擁有; 過度從事

The city, he concluded, had overdosed on design. 他下結(jié)論說，這座城市進行了過度的設(shè)計。