gateway drug
noun[C]
uk/ˈɡeɪt.weɪ ˌdrʌɡ/us/ˈɡeɪt.weɪ ˌdrʌɡ/adrugwhose use may make it morelikelythat someone uses other, moredangerous,drugs:
入门毒品，上钩毒品（诱使吸食者服用危险性更强的其他毒品）Earlyinterventioncouldpreventadolescentsfrom "graduating" fromso-calledgatewaydrugssuch asalcoholandmarijuanatoharderdrugssuch asmeth.早期干预可以防止青少年从酒精和大麻等所谓的入门毒品 "发展"到冰毒等更具危险性的毒品。
something that makes you morelikelytotryother things that aresimilarbut moreunusualordifficult:
“敲门砖”，引子Stephen King was mygatewaydrugtoseriousliterature.斯蒂芬 · 金的作品带领我进入了严肃文学的殿堂。
Drugs - general words
- abstinence
- abstinence-only
- bindle
- biosimilar
- chase
- drug
- multidrug
- non-intoxicant
- non-intoxicating
- nondrug
- performance-enhancing
- push
- shoot
- snort
- spacey
- spliff
- spliff up
- substance abuse
- whacked
- wiped out
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