addiction的意思

addiction

英 [ə'dɪkʃ(ə)n] 美 [ə'dɪkʃən]

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).

1. We must concentrate our energies on treating addiction first.: 我们必须首先集中精力治疗毒瘾。

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。

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。

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。