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off-label

/awf-ley-buhl, of‐/US // ˈɔfˈleɪ bəl, ˈɒf‐ //

标签外,非标签,标牌外,标签外的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : of, relating to, or denoting a drug prescribed for a particular indication even though the drug has not yet received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for that disease, condition, or symptom.

Examples

  • Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.

  • A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.

  • The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.

  • The off-year special election into which Duke threw himself drew little media notice at first.

  • Aaron Paul may play a young Han Solo in the first Star Wars spin-off.

  • Each picture bore a label, giving a true description of the once-honoured gem.

  • A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.

  • New York is like one of those nightmares a certain class of writers project and label 'Earth in the Year 2000.'

  • I did not label him efficiency-expert, for printers have always been notoriously allergic to that title.

  • Jean was to be an architect—God knows why—but Aristide settled it, definitely, off-hand.