单词 | drug of choice |
释义 | > as lemmasdrug of choice of choice: (as a postmodifier) preferred, favoured. In early use, frequently in Medicine, esp. in drug of choice (see drug n.1). ΚΠ 1924 A. Hunter & J. A. Dauphinee in Proc. Royal Soc. B. 97 218 In such a case, or whenever the utmost precision is desired, the third is undoubtedly the method of choice. 1967 S. Taylor et al. Short Textbk. Surg. xvi. 223 Constrictive pericarditis... Pericardiectomy is the treatment of choice. 1984 Marketing & Media Decisions Feb. 112/2 Champion driver Rob McFarlin explained why Mustang was his car of choice. 1998 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 24 Jan. (Scene section) 6/1 Redding..had..become (along with James Brown) the soulman of choice for black and white audiences alike. drug of choice drug of choice n. a pharmaceutical drug preferred to others in the management of a particular condition; (also) the illicit or recreational drug most favoured by an individual or group, or most in vogue at a particular time; also figurative. ΚΠ 1897 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 113 540 The rapidly appearing effects of its administration, together with its regular elimination, makes it the drug of choice when the symptoms are urgent. 1925 A. Lambert in W. Osler Mod. Med. (ed. 3) II. 746 Heroin..obliterates all controlling influences of the herd instinct. Heroin, under these circumstances, is naturally the drug of choice of the criminal class. 1944 Science 28 Jan. 71/2 For routine treatment of amebic colitis,..carbasone, chiniofon and diodoquin constitute the present-day drugs of choice. 1996 China Post (Taipei, Taiwan) 1 May 3/6 He was a skirt-chaser and a habitual liar. The problem was that women were his drug of choice. 2007 N.Y. Mag. 8 Jan. 26/2 Adderall XR was my drug of choice. It turbocharged my brain during the school day. < as lemmas |
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