noun phrase · academic
performance-enhancing drugs
UK/pəˈfɔːməns ɪnˈhɑːnsɪŋ drʌɡz/US/pɚˈfɔːrməns ɪnˈhænsɪŋ drʌɡz/per·FOR·mance·en·HAN·cing DRUGS
substances taken to illegally or unfairly improve an athlete's performance
Examples
“Many countries have strict controls on performance-enhancing drugs.”
“Tests detected performance-enhancing drugs in several athletes.”
“The scandal involved officials covering up the use of performance-enhancing drugs.”
Band 8 sentence
“Governments must fund rigorous testing programmes if they want to eradicate performance-enhancing drugs from elite sport.”
Collocations
- ban performance-enhancing drugs
- test for performance-enhancing drugs
Word family
Common mistakes
performance enhancer→performance-enhancing drugs
using drugs in sport→performance-enhancing drugs
Say it for a higher band
5drug use in sport→6doping→7+performance-enhancing drugs
Synonyms
doping substances
Easily confused
performance-enhancing supplements
“Some athletes take performance-enhancing supplements rather than banned drugs.”
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