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"