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Addict Addicted ə'Dikt V./N.沉溺;上瘾(者 英 V./N.沉溺,上瘾(者 Habitually Narcotic

单词 addict
音标 [ə'dikt]
解释 v./n.沉溺;上瘾(者)
红宝书 【英】 v./n.沉溺,上瘾(者) ( being an addict; habitually use narcotic drugs)
【记】 ad+dict(要求)→不断 要求→上瘾
【同】 派生词: addictive (adj.使人上瘾的); addiction(n.上瘾)
字源 addict (v.)
1530s (implied in addicted), from Latin addictus, past participle of addicere "to deliver, award, yield; give assent, make over, sell," figuratively "to devote, consecrate; sacrifice, sell out, betray" from ad- "to" (see ad-) + dicere "say, declare" (see diction), but also "adjudge, allot." Earlier in English as an adjective, "delivered, devoted" (1520s). Related: Addicted; addicting.
addict (n.)
1909, in reference to morphine, from addict (v.).
不择手段背单词 v. /n. 沉溺, 上瘾(者)(习惯性或强制性地专心于某事; 从生理上依赖于形成习惯的物质)
【例】She was addicted to rock music 她热衷于摇滚乐film addict 电影迷He became addicted to the drug 他上了毒瘾.
【记】ad一再, dict要求, 宣判-一再要求抽大烟-上瘾
【类】inured: tolerance = addicted: dependency(程度)习惯的: 忍受 = 上瘾的: 依赖
趣味全助记 【记】dictation dictator 独裁者,有权力使人上瘾,沉溺于不好的习惯,如吃喝嫖赌毒
【相关】contradict 驳斥, dictate 口述,dictator 独裁者, 口授令他人笔录者,edict 法令,indict 控告,maledict 诅咒,predict预言,valedict 告别,verdict定论

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