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a powerful illegal drug that affects the mind in a harmful way. Heroin and cocaine are narcotics. 致幻毒品；麻醉品 a narcotics agent (= a police officer investigating the illegal trade in drugs) 缉毒警察
Extra ExamplesHe has been arrested for trading in narcotics. 他已经因贩卖毒品而被捕。 Narcotics trafficking represents 30 to 50 per cent of organized crime's take. 在有组织犯罪活动的涉案赃款中，贩毒所占的比重是三到五成。 The main reason people abuse illegal narcotics is so they may ‘escape’ from their harsh, cruel reality. 人们滥用非法毒品的主要原因是为了逃避残酷的现实。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- mild
- powerful
- addictive
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- use
- agent
- detective
- officer
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medical 医学 a substance that relaxes you, reduces pain or makes you sleep 麻醉性镇痛药；麻醉药；镇静剂 a mild narcotic 药性温和的镇静剂
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- mild
- powerful
- addictive
- …
- use
- agent
- detective
- officer
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French narcotique, via medieval Latin from Greek narkōtikos, from narkoun ‘make numb’.