addict

• n. 有瘾的人；入迷的人
• vt. 使沉溺；使上瘾

前缀ad-, 去，往。词根dict, 说，声称,同dictionary。该词词义众多，此处可能用于祈祷，信奉神灵，着迷。后指上瘾。比较devout, 虔诚的，词源同voice,声音，说话。

addict

addict: [16] Originally, addict was an adjective in English, meaning ‘addicted’. It was borrowed from Latin addictus, the past participle of addicere, which meant ‘give over or award to someone’. This in turn was formed from the prefix ad- ‘to’ and the verb dicere. The standard meaning of dicere was ‘say’ (as in English diction, dictionary, and dictate), but it also had the sense ‘adjudge’ or ‘allot’, and that was its force in addicere.
=> dictate, diction, dictionary

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.).

1. She is a TV addict and watches as much as she can.

她是个电视迷，看起电视来没完没了。

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2. The self-confessed drug addict was arrested 13 months ago.

那个自己坦白的瘾君子在13个月前被逮捕。

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3. He's only 24 years old and a drug addict.

他只有24岁，却是个瘾君子。

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4. You're not much of a TV addict, as I remember.

我记得你并不太迷电视的.

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5. That young man is a cocaine addict.

那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾.

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