wean
wean 英 [wi:n] 美 [win]
vt. 使断奶；使断念；使放弃 n. （苏格兰）幼儿
进行时:weaning 过去式:weaned 过去分词:weaned 第三人称单数:weans
- To wean yourself from something is to gradually eliminate that thing from your life. You may want to wean yourself from watching too much TV, drinking two pots of coffee every morning, or obsessively reading the celebrity columns.
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- vt. 使断奶；使断念；使放弃
- n. （苏格兰）幼儿
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1. But as you grow in faith, he will wean you of these dependencies.
但是当你在信心中成长，他要你戒断这些依赖。
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2. Of course, no single strategy is going to wean us off coal in several decades.
当然，没有一种对策是要让我们在未来几十年里逐渐摆脱煤炭的。
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3. Some pediatricians and speech experts say 12 months is a good time to wean your child from the pacifier because this marks the beginning of a dramatic speech development phase.
一些儿科医生和语言专家说，在宝宝12个月大的时候是给他戒掉奶嘴最好的时机，因为这标志着婴儿戏剧性的语言发展阶段的开始。
- wean (v.) "train (an infant or animal) to forego suckling," c. 1200, from Old English wenian "to accustom, habituate," from Proto-Germanic *wanjan (source also of Old Norse venja, Dutch wennen, Old High German giwennan, German gewöhnen "to accustom"), from PIE *won-eyo-, causative form of root *wen- (1) "to desire, strive for."
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