addiction
英 [?'d?k?(?)n]
美[?'d?k??n]
- n. 上癮，沉溺；癖嗜
TEM4中低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?addictions;
英文詞源
- addiction (n.)
- c. 1600, "tendency," of habits, pursuits, etc.; 1640s as "state of being self-addicted," from Latin addictionem (nominative addictio) "an awarding, a devoting," noun of action from past participle stem of addicere (see addict (v.)). Earliest sense was less severe: "inclination, penchant," but this has become obsolete. In main modern sense it is first attested 1906, in reference to opium (there is an isolated instance from 1779, with reference to tobacco).
雙語例句
- 1. We must concentrate our energies on treating addiction first.
- 我們必須首先集中精力治療毒癮。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The topic of addiction remains something of a taboo.
- 毒癮仍然是個有些忌諱的話題。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Underneath this image of normalcy, addiction threatened to rip this family apart.
- 在這一切正常的表象下潛伏的是將使這個家庭四分五裂的毒癮。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. I discovered an addiction to housework which I had never felt before.
- 我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己迷上了做家務(wù)，之前我從沒有這種感覺。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. My name is Roseanne and I'm in here for heroin addiction.
- 我的名字叫羅絲安妮，我是因為吸食海洛因上癮來到這里的。
來自柯林斯例句