“addict”主要有名词和动词两种词性。作为名词时,指“对……上瘾的人;瘾君子”;作为动词时,表示“使上瘾;使沉迷”。以下将详细阐述其含义与用法。
含义:“addict”作名词时,用于描述那些对某种物质(如毒品、酒精等)或行为(如赌博、游戏等)产生强烈依赖,无法自拔的人,可译为“对……上瘾的人;瘾君子”。
常见搭配
“drug addict”:指“吸毒者;瘾君子”,例如:The police caught several drug addicts in the abandoned factory.(警察在那座废弃工厂里抓获了几名吸毒者。)
“alcohol addict”:即“酗酒者;酒精成瘾者”,如:His father is an alcohol addict, and it has caused a lot of trouble in their family.(他的父亲是个酗酒者,这给他们的家庭带来了很多麻烦。)
“gaming addict”:表示“游戏成瘾者”,例如:Many parents are worried about their children becoming gaming addicts.(许多父母担心他们的孩子会变成游戏成瘾者。)
含义:“addict”作动词时,意为“使上瘾;使沉迷”,通常用“addict sb. to sth.”的结构,表示“使某人沉迷于某事;使某人对某物上瘾”。
例句
Watching TV all day will addict you to it.(整天看电视会让你沉迷其中。)
Some online games are so attractive that they can addict young people to them.(一些网络游戏非常有吸引力,会让年轻人沉迷其中。)
被动语态:“addict”作动词时,常用于被动语态,即“be addicted to sth.”,表示“沉迷于某事;对某物上瘾”,此时的主语通常是人。例如:
He is addicted to playing computer games.(他沉迷于玩电脑游戏。)
Many teenagers are addicted to smoking.(许多青少年吸烟成瘾。)