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Addictive əˈdɪktɪv Stop Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Drug People Taking

The word "addictive" describes something that causes addiction or makes people want to do it a lot because they enjoy it. It can refer to drugs that people cannot stop taking, or activities that become obsessive. For example, "Cigarettes are highly addictive..." or "Video movie-making can quickly become addictive."

The word "addictive" describes something that causes addiction or makes people want to do it a lot because they enjoy it. It can refer to drugs that people cannot stop taking, or activities that become obsessive. For example, "Cigarettes are highly addictive..." or "Video movie-making can quickly become addictive."

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]使人成瘾的 If a drug is addictive, people who take it cannot stop taking it.
  • Cigarettes are highly addictive...

    香烟很容易使人上瘾。

  • Crack is the most addictive drug on the market.

    强效纯可卡因是市面上最容易让人上瘾的毒品。

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]使人着迷的 Something that is addictive is so enjoyable that it makes you want to do it or have it a lot.
  • Video movie-making can quickly become addictive.

    制作视频电影能很快让人入迷。

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]易着迷的;易上瘾的 If someone has an addictive personality, they easily become addicted to something.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • I have an eating disorder and an addictive personality.

    我饮食没有规律,而且性格上容易沉迷某事。


Oxford ad·dict·ive / əˈdɪktɪv ; NAmE əˈdɪktɪv / adjective 1 if a drug is addictive,it makes people unable to stop taking it 使人上瘾的 Heroin is highly addictive. 海洛因很容易使人上瘾。 2 if an activity or type of behaviour is addictive,people need to do it as often as possible because they enjoy it 使人入迷的 I find jogging very addictive. 我觉得慢跑锻炼很使人着迷。 ad·dict·ive / əˈdɪktɪv ; NAmE əˈdɪktɪv /
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addictivead‧dic‧tive /əˈdɪktɪv/ ●○○ adjective
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1if a substance, especially a drug, is addictive, your body starts to need it regularly and you are unable to stop taking it:  Tobacco is highly addictive.2an activity that is addictive is so enjoyable that you do not want to stop:  It started as a hobby, but it got so addictive I had to keep on doing it. addictive arcade games
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使人上瘾的(100%)
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