performance-enhancing

adjective
🔊/pəˈfɔːməns ɪnhɑːnsɪŋ/
🔊/pərˈfɔːrməns ɪnhænsɪŋ/
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  1. (used especially about drugs that have been banned from use in sport) that people take so that they will be more successful in a sports competition(尤指药物)兴奋性的(以提高在体育竞赛的表现)
    • steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs类固醇等兴奋剂
    • The athletes were tested for performance-enhancing drugs.对运动员进行了增强表现药物的测试。
    Topics Sports: other sportsc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPerformance-enhancing is used with these nouns:
    • drug
    • substance
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