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addiction

英 [ə'dɪkʃ(ə)n] 美[ə'dɪkʃən]
  • n. 上瘾,沉溺;癖嗜

英英释意


1. being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
2. an abnormally strong craving
3. (Roman law) a formal award by a court sentence of a thing or person to another (as of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master;
"under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery"