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
     可卡因瘾
  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

• Benzodiazepines have hypnotic and sedative effects, and like antidepressants, dependence and addiction can occur in some patients.
  苯有催眠和镇静作用，如抗抑郁药物依赖和成瘾的，可以发生在一些病人。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Drug addiction and gambling induce crimes.
  药物成瘾和赌博诱发犯罪。
• Addiction to drugs can bring a multitude of other problems.
  毒瘾会带来许多其他问题。
• Smoking had become an addiction. I'm really addicted to cigarettes.
  我抽烟真是上了瘾。
• He has never conquered his addiction to smoking.
  他一直未能戒除烟瘾。
• I underwent aversion therapy for my addiction to smoking.
  我因为吸烟成瘾接受了厌恶疗法的治疗。