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addicted 音标拼音: [əd'ɪktəd] [əd'ɪktɪd] adj. 痴迷 痴迷 addicted adj 1: compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit- forming; " she is addicted to chocolate"; " addicted to cocaine" [ ant: { unaddicted}] Addict \ Ad* dict"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Addicted}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Addicting}.] [ L. addictus, p. p. of addicere to adjudge, devote; ad dicere to say. See { Diction}.] 1. To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to. " They addict themselves to the civil law." -- Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster] He is addicted to his study. -- Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster] That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations. -- Adventurer. [ 1913 Webster] His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity. -- Fuller. [ 1913 Webster] A man gross . . . and addicted to low company. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To adapt; to make suitable; to fit. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth. -- Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: { Addict}, { Devote}, { Consecrate}, { Dedicate}. Addict was formerly used in a good sense; as, addicted to letters; but is now mostly employed in a bad sense or an indifferent one; as, addicted to vice; addicted to sensual indulgence. " Addicted to staying at home." -- J. S. Mill. Devote is always taken in a good sense, expressing habitual earnestness in the pursuit of some favorite object; as, devoted to science. Consecrate and dedicate express devotion of a higher kind, involving religious sentiment; as, consecrated to the service of the church; dedicated to God. [ 1913 Webster] |
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