| 单词 |
self-medicated |
| 释义 |
self-medicated, a.
Brit. |ˌsɛlfˈmɛdɪkeɪtɪd|, U.S. |ˌsɛlfˈmɛdəˌkeɪdɪd|
[‹ self- prefix + medicated adj. Compare later self-medicate v.]
Of a person: in the habit of taking or under the influence of a self-administered drug or (perceived) remedy. Of a drug or (perceived) remedy: self-administered.
1938W. A. White Puritan in Babylon xxxix. 432 He was what doctors call ‘self-medicated’. 1973Science 13 Apr. 174, 82 percent of the women in the study received prescribed medication and..65 percent took self-medicated drugs. 1986Advertising Age (Nexis) 30 June s4 The Enquirer says many of its readers are self-medicated, getting their health tips from such pieces as the olive oil story and a spate of ads for everything from denture plaque remover to grapefruit pills to lose weight. 1997New Yorker 10 Mar. 64/3 And like so many suburban kids, Stern spent a lot of time ‘self-medicated’. 2003Book May–June 76/3 Hokes is too dense and self-medicated to realize that the Wigfieldians are just a bunch of shysters. |
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