addiction
addiction 英 [əˈdɪkʃn] 美 [əˈdɪkʃən]
n. 上瘾，沉溺；癖嗜
名词复数:addictions
- An addiction is an abnormally strong craving for something, which can sometimes grow so strong you have trouble living without it.
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- n. 上瘾，沉溺；癖嗜
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1. And when you have an addiction, you struggle with it.
如果你对什么东西上瘾，你就要在生活中与之斗争。
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2. But addiction is not a brain state, it is a behavior.
但上瘾并非是一种大脑状态，它指的是行为。
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3. "I have a problem with the word addiction, " he says.
他说：“我认为上瘾这个词有点问题。
- addiction (n.) c. 1600, "tendency, inclination, penchant" (a less severe sense now obsolete); 1640s as "state of being (self)-addicted" to a habit, pursuit, etc., from Latin addictionem (nominative addictio) "an awarding, a delivering up," noun of action from past participle stem of addicere "to deliver, award; devote, consecrate, sacrifice" (see addict (v.)). In the sense "compulsion and need to take a drug as a result of prior use of it" from 1906, in reference to opium (there is an isolated instance from 1779 with reference to tobacco).
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