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Drink-driving is the act — and in many places the crime — of driving after you have had too much alcohol.
Drink-driving isDrink-driving 是 after you have had too much alcohol喝了太多酒之後 driving還去開車 the act的行為 — and in many places而在很多地方 the crime也是一種罪
British English uses this pair. American English usually says drunk driving, or (driving under the influence). Ads, news, and law all use it.
British English英式英文 uses用 this hyphenated pair這個加連字號的一對字。American English美式英文 usually says通常說 drunk driving, or DUI或 DUI (driving under the influence)(酒精影響下駕駛)。Ads, news, and law廣告、新聞和法律 all use it全都用它
Though actually, the law is not only about a bottle on the seat. It is about how much alcohol is in your blood. You can be guilty in the morning if you drank a lot the night before and still have too much in you. You can also be over the limit without feeling drunk.
Though actually不過其實, the law法律 is not only about管的不只是 a bottle on the seat座位上那瓶酒。It is about它管的是 in your blood你血裡的 how much alcohol酒精有多少。You你 if如果 the night before前一晚 drank a lot喝很多, and still have too much in you身體裡還留著太多, in the morning早上 can be guilty也可能有罪。You你 without feeling drunk就算不覺得醉 can also be over the limit也可能超標
In Taiwan the everyday hook is 酒駕; English class here often teaches the American form, so drink-driving can look new even when the idea is not.
In Taiwan在台灣 the everyday hook is日常掛的說法就是 酒駕; English class here這裡的英文課 often teaches常教 the American form美式的那個說法, so所以 drink-driving even when the idea is not就算概念本身不新, can look new這個字看起來仍可能很新
組成drink + driving. British compound for driving after drinking alcohol.
同家族的字
- drinkthe first half: here, taking alcohol
- drivingthe second half: operating a car
- drink-driverthe person who does this
原始詞典資料2 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。
drink-drivingnoun
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Operation of a motor vehicle after recently consuming an alcoholic beverage.
- A man has been arrested in Huoshan county near Luan for drink-driving after he rang up the police by mistake and then challenged an officer to a fight,[…]
- Another outcome of rising motor car use was the increased danger around Christmas through drink-driving, which became a matter of particular concern among policy makers.
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lawA criminal offence committed by a person who operates a vehicle when the measured amount of alcohol in his or her blood exceeds the legal limit.
- A reformed alcoholic with an “appalling” history of drink-driving between three and five times the legal limit was jailed yesterday.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。