核心畫面

You can picture someone who has been handed over to something — it holds them, and letting go is no longer simply a matter of deciding to.

一個人被某樣東西「綁住」了。不是他喜歡它而已,而是他已經交出去、被接管了——想放手的時候才發現放不掉。addict 更多收起一個人被某樣東西「綁住」了。不是他喜歡它而已,而是他已經交出去、被接管了——想放手的時候才發現放不掉。addict 這個字的重量全在那個「停不下來」上:不是還想要,是已經需要。

One branch

被綁住的人

這一家就是核心畫面本身,從最沉重的字面用法,延伸到日常帶點自嘲的說法。

drug addict · noun · B2

Someone who cannot stop taking a harmful drug, because their body and mind have come to need it, even when they want to stop.

成癮者;戒不掉的人

原始詞典資料10 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

addictnoun/ˈæd.ɪkt/

  • 1

    A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.

    • a heroin addict
    • He is an addict when it comes to chocolate cookies.
  • 2

    An adherent or fan (of something).

addictadj/əˈdɪkt/

  • 1

    archaicAddicted.

  • 2

    obsoleteBound, tied to, obligated.

addictverb/əˈdɪkt/

  • 1

    To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision.

  • 2

    archaicTo devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.

    • They addict themselves to the civil law.
    • Having resided some time in this place, we returned to the other country-house which we had left, where lord B— addicted himself so much to hunting, and other male diversions, that I began to think he neglected me […].
  • 3

    obsoleteTo bind (a person or thing) to the service of something.

  • 4

    obsoleteTo devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc.

  • 5

    archaicTo devote (one's mind, talent etc.) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.

    • That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations.
  • 6

    To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted.

    • His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。