释义 |
a drug on the market drug on the marketSomething that is not in great demand because it is abundantly available. Mobile phones are a drug on the market these days, which is why they're so affordable.See also: drug, market, ona drug on the market and a glut on the marketsomething that is on the market in great abundance. Right now, small computers are a drug on the market. Twenty years ago, small transistor radios were a glut on the market.See also: drug, market, ona drug on the market an unsaleable or valueless commodity. Drug in the sense of ‘a commodity for which there is no demand’ is recorded from the mid 17th century, but it is not clear from the word's history whether it is the same word as the medicinal substance. 1998 Spectator Merchant banks are a drug on the market these days. See also: drug, market, on |