addiction
英 [ə'dɪkʃ(ə)n]
美 [ə'dɪkʃən]
英文词源
- 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).
双语例句
- 1. We must concentrate our energies on treating addiction first.
- 我们必须首先集中精力治疗毒瘾。
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- 2. The topic of addiction remains something of a taboo.
- 毒瘾仍然是个有些忌讳的话题。
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- 3. Underneath this image of normalcy, addiction threatened to rip this family apart.
- 在这一切正常的表象下潜伏的是将使这个家庭四分五裂的毒瘾。
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- 4. I discovered an addiction to housework which I had never felt before.
- 我发现自己迷上了做家务，之前我从没有这种感觉。
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- 5. My name is Roseanne and I'm in here for heroin addiction.
- 我的名字叫罗丝安妮，我是因为吸食海洛因上瘾来到这里的。
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