cold turkey

英 [ˌkəʊld ˈtɜːki]

美 [ˌkoʊld ˈtɜːrki]

n.  (吸毒成瘾者)突然戒毒时的痛苦; (治疗吸毒成瘾者的)突然戒毒方法

牛津词典

noun

• （吸毒成瘾者）突然戒毒时的痛苦；（治疗吸毒成瘾者的）突然戒毒方法
  the unpleasant state that drug addicts experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug; a way of treating drug addicts that makes them experience this state

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT (吸毒成瘾者)突然戒毒时的不适;戒毒反应
  Cold turkeyis the unpleasant physical reaction that people experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug that they have become addicted to.
  1. The quickest way to get her off the drug was to let her go cold turkey.
     要使她摆脱毒品，最快的方法是让她彻底戒毒。

英英释义

noun

• complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent
  1. he quit smoking cold turkey
  2. she quit her job cold turkey
• a blunt expression of views
  1. I told him cold turkey

双语例句

• G.M. has stated it will go cold turkey on incentives, and it has.
  通用汽车公司曾宣布将要断然停止奖励办法，现在果然停了。
• Then one day, I decided to quit cold turkey after trying everything else.
  在试过其它各种戒烟方法后，有一天我决定要断然戒烟。
• She stopped smoking cold turkey.
  她突然戒了烟。
• From cold turkey to hypnosis, cigarette smokers have tried various methods to help kick the smoking habit.
  不管是突然停止抽烟还是催眠戒烟，吸烟者已经尝试过各种各样的办法戒烟。
• He quit smoking a week ago. He tells everyone that he went cold turkey for me.
  （他一星期前戒烟了。他见人就说他突然戒烟是为了我。）
• Are you going to try to stop smoking cold turkey?
  你打算努力去彻底戒烟吗？
• EXAMPLE: Last month I stopped smoking cold turkey, which was the only way I knew I could succeed.
  上个月，我断然戒烟，这是我所知道的能成功的唯一方法。
• I've been trying to quit smoking for awhile now, but going cold turkey is very difficult.
  我试图在一段时间里戒烟，但是突然戒掉是很困难的。
• You have to stop doing many things cold turkey as a symbolic declaration to the Universe.
  你不得不停止做很多事情，直截了当地对宇宙做出象征性的宣战。
• The millionaire talked cold turkey to his extravagant nephew, hinting that he might be disinherited.
  那百万富翁对他挥霍无度的侄儿晓以利害，并暗示其继承权可能被剥夺。