drug of choice: meaning & examples

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Meanings:

  • 1.

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    • The particular illicit or recreational drug that an individual prefers to use habitually.
    • Any substance that a person habitually prefers for psychoactive effects.

    Examples

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    • After trying many substances, methamphetamine became his drug of choice during his twenties.

      Después de probar muchas sustancias, la metanfetamina se convirtió en su droga preferida durante sus veinte años.

    • Her drug of choice is marijuana, which she uses to relax after stressful workdays.

      Su droga preferida es la marihuana, que usa para relajarse después de días de trabajo estresantes.

    • They discussed how different people have different drugs of choice depending on their lifestyle.

      Discutieron cómo diferentes personas tienen diferentes drogas preferidas según su estilo de vida.

  • 3.

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    • Any preferred habit, activity, or obsession that a person treats as a source of recurrent pleasure or dependency; a metaphorical way of naming a favored indulgence.
    • A characteristic behavior or stimulus that someone repeatedly seeks because it produces gratification analogous to a drug's effect.

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    • For Sarah, chocolate cake is her drug of choice whenever she's feeling stressed after work.

      Para Sarah, el pastel de chocolate es su placer favorito cuando se siente estresada después del trabajo.

    • He might say coffee is his drug of choice, but really, he's just addicted to the morning ritual.

      Él podría decir que el café es su adicción preferida, pero en realidad solo está enganchado a ese ritual matutino.

    • Whenever Jenna gets anxious, social media becomes her drug of choice, pulling her into endless scrolling.

      Cuando Jenna se pone ansiosa, las redes sociales se convierten en su placer recurrente, atrayéndola a un desplazamiento sin fin.

  • 2.

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    • The medication regarded as the preferred or recommended treatment for a specific condition or patient type.
    • The first-line pharmaceutical agent selected by clinicians for treating a particular disorder.

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    • For patients with mild hypertension, the doctor often prescribes ACE inhibitors as the drug of choice.

      Para los pacientes con hipertensión leve, el médico suele prescribir inhibidores de la ECA como el medicamento preferido.

    • When treating bacterial infections, penicillin remains the drug of choice due to its effectiveness and safety profile.

      Al tratar infecciones bacterianas, la penicilina sigue siendo el medicamento preferido debido a su eficacia y perfil de seguridad.

    • If you ask the specialists, they'll tell you that insulin is the drug of choice for managing type 1 diabetes.

      Si preguntas a los especialistas, te dirán que la insulina es el medicamento preferido para controlar la diabetes tipo 1.

Examples:

  • EN: Marnie's drug of choice was sex.
    ES: La droga que eligió Marnie era el sexo.
    ES: La droga que eligió Marnie era el sexo.
  • EN: The drug of choice for long-distance truckers and DJ's who wanna take their finals.
    ES: La droga elegida por camioneros de largas distancias y los DJ que quieren presentar finales.
  • EN: We are told everyone will be famous for 15 minutes, but in these times when celebrity is the drug of choice, the truly famous will tell you 15 minutes is rarely long enough,
    ES: se dice que todos nosotros seremos famosos al menos durante 15 minutos, pero en estos tiempos, en que la fama es la droga de los elegidos, los verdaderamente famosos dirán que los 15 minutos casi nunca son suficientes...
  • EN: You know, booze isn't really your drug of choice, anyway.
    ES: De todos modos sabes que la bebida no es tu droga predilecta.
  • EN: And lucky for me... I manufactured her drug of choice.
    ES: Mi suerte... es que fabricaba la droga que ella usaba.
  • EN: What's your drug of choice?
    ES: ¿Cuál es tu droga preferida?
  • EN: Irreverence was my drug of choice.
    ES: La irreverencia era mi droga favorita.
  • EN: Everyone's got their drug of choice.
    ES: Cada quien tiene su droga.
  • EN: My drug of choice... frottage, the sexual rubbing-up on unsuspecting citizens.
    ES: Mi droga favorita... el frotaje, el rozamiento sexual contra ciudadanos desprevenidos.
  • EN: The French impressionists' liquid drug of choice.
    ES: La droga de elección de los impresionistas franceses.
  • EN: Well, back then coke was the drug of choice.
    ES: En aquel tiempo, la cocaína era la droga favorita.
  • EN: Your drug of choice.
    ES: Tu droga preferida.
  • EN: Well Dr. Smith, today I would like to tell you why new Viivexx is the drug of choice in patients like Betty.
    ES: Bien Dr. Smith, ahora quisiera decirle porque el nuevo Viivexx es la droga que los pacientes como en el caso de Betty prefieren.
  • EN: Certainly speed, I think, was the, the drug of choice... and when The Heartbreakers came over, they were all taking smack... and so, of course, everyone was in the toilets anyway shooting speed... and then when the smack came into the scene... that was, kind of punk was over after that.
    ES: Claro que speed era la droga del momento. Cuando apareció Heartbreakers, todos tomaban heroína... y todos iban al baño a inyectarse speed. Y cuando surgió la heroína... el punk se terminó después de eso.
  • EN: Strange drug of choice for a control freak.
    ES: Extraña droga para un monstruo del control.

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Source: Wiktionary