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Addict Addicted Drugs Forms ædɪkt V.对……有瘾 N.沉溺于不良嗜好者 Alcohol

Front addict
Pron ['ædɪkt]
Back 【addict】
v.对……有瘾 n.沉溺于不良嗜好者
He is addicted to alcohol and drugs.
他离不开酒和药物。
Doctors and policemen disagree on how to control drug distribution and handle addicts.
医生对警察对于如何管制药量的分配及管理有药瘾者的意见并不一致。
Vocab
addictto cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

If you are a cookie addict, it means you are addicted to cookies. You just can't get enough of them.

Of course there are far more serious forms of addiction out there. The word addict is usually used to refer to someone who is addicted to drugs. Even good things can get you addicted. Work addicts are called workaholics. There are no words for the dangers of being addicted to reading (well, there is "biblioholism"), to the Internet, or to exercise, but those addictions are also real.

All forms of 'addict' will appear on average once every 736 pages.
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addicted
addiction
addictive
unaddicted
nonaddictive

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