addiction

英 [əˈdɪkʃn]

美 [əˈdɪkʃn]

n.  瘾; 入迷; 嗜好

复数：addictions　

IELTSTEM8医学

Collins.2 / BNC.7954 / COCA.5177

牛津词典

noun

• 瘾；入迷；嗜好
  the condition of being addicted to sth
  1. cocaine addiction
     ***瘾
  2. He is now fighting his addiction to alcohol.
     他现在正努力戒酒。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 毒瘾
  Addictionis the condition of taking harmful drugs and being unable to stop taking them.
  1. She helped him fight his drug addiction.
     她帮助他戒毒。
  2. ...long-term addiction to nicotine.
     对尼古丁成瘾已久
• N-VAR 着迷；嗜好
  Anaddiction tosomething is a very strong desire or need for it.
  1. He needed money to feed his addiction to gambling...
     他需要钱来满足他的赌瘾。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor)
  1. under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery
• an abnormally strong craving
• being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
  Synonym:dependencedependancedependencyhabituation

双语例句

• Anyone who does not believe that smoking is an addiction has never been a chronic smoker.
  不相信抽烟能上瘾的人肯定不是老烟民。
• We must concentrate our energies on treating addiction first.
  我们必须首先集中精力治疗毒瘾。
• How many in this generation are we willing to lose to poverty or violence or addiction?
  这一代人有多少是我们愿意在贫困、暴力和毒品中失去的？
• He needed money to feed his addiction to gambling
  他需要钱来满足他的赌瘾。
• The topic of addiction remains something of a taboo
  毒瘾仍然是个有些忌讳的话题。
• We integrate addiction and mental health treatment so that both issues are addressed at the same time.
  我们整合了成瘾治疗和心理健康治疗的方法，以同时解决这两个问题。
• She helped him fight his drug addiction.
  她帮助他戒毒。
• He has never conquered his addiction to smoking.
  他一直未能戒除烟瘾。
• These can usually be categorized into either "addiction" or "set completion" case.
  这种例外通常可以分为“癖好”和“集成”两种。
• 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***上瘾来到这里的。