overdose /ˈəʊvəˌdəʊs/ TEM4 ( overdosing, overdosed, overdoses )

• 1. 

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

  例：

  Each year, one in 100 girls ages 15-19 takes an overdose.

  每年，100个15至19岁的女孩中就有１个用药过量。

• 2. 

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

  例：

  He'd overdosed on heroin.

  他过量吸食了海洛因。

• 3. 

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

  例：

  An overdose of sun, sea, sand and chlorine can give lighter hair a green tinge.

  过多的阳光、海水、沙和氯会给更浅色的头发带来点绿色。

• 4. 

  V-I You can say that someone overdoses on something if they have or do too much of it. 过度拥有; 过度从事

  例：

  The city, he concluded, had overdosed on design.

  他下结论说，这座城市进行了过度的设计。