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第二部分
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（五）
酗酒：
1.
hit the bottle
: to start to drink
a lot of alcohol regularly, especially in order to forget your problems
備注：
''hit the
bottle''
是非正式的用法。
例：
When his wife died he hit the bottle again.
（老婆死后，他又開始酗酒了。）
My sister's been hitting the bottle a lot
lately and her work is starting to suffer.
（我姐姐最近酗酒，工作情況越來越糟。）
補充：
類似用法還有
''take to the bottle''
等等。
例：
After his divorce he took to the bottle.
（離婚后，他開始酗酒。）
He says he's lost too many years to the
bottle, and that he's giving up alcohol.
（他說他酗酒太多年了，現(xiàn)在正在戒酒。）
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2.
drown your sorrows
: to drink a
lot of alcohol with the purpose of getting drunk, in order to forget your
problems
例：
After his girlfriend left he spent the
evening drowning his sorrows in a local bar.
（他那天跟女友分了手，然后在附近的酒吧買醉。）
You can't just sit around day after day
drowning your sorrows in whiskey.
（你們不能每天就坐在這借酒消愁。）
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（六）
酒鬼：
1.
alcoholic
: someone who drinks too
much alcohol and cannot stop
例：
I usually have a drink or two after work,
but I don't think I'm an alcoholic.
（我每天下班都會喝一兩杯，但我覺得我不算酒鬼。）
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2.
drunk
: someone who is drunk or
who often gets drunk - use this especially about someone you see in a public
place such as a street or a bar
例：
A couple of drunks passed out on the
sidewalk.
（兩個醉漢倒在路邊。）
I don't like to take the bus at night. It's
full of drunks and crazy people.
（我晚上不喜歡坐公車。車上都是醉鬼和瘋子。）
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3.
drinker
: someone who often drinks
a lot of alcohol
例：
heavy drinker
(=someone who regularly drinks a lot of alcohol)
Paul and Jane were both heavy drinkers and
spent most of their time in the local bar.
（保羅和簡都是酒鬼，經(jīng)常流連于附近的酒吧。）
hard drinker
(=someone who regularly drinks a lot of alcohol)
He quickly earned the reputation as a hard
drinker and hell-raiser.
（很快，他就成了個出了名的酒鬼、惹禍精。）
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4.
drunkard
: someone who is drunk
very often - used especially in literature
備注：
''drunkard''
常用于文學(xué)作品中。
例：
They were all drunkards, but Arthur was the
worst of them all.
（他們都是酒鬼，奧瑟是酒鬼中的酒鬼。）
Unfortunately she had married an incurable
drunkard.
（她時運不濟嫁給一個徹頭徹尾的酒鬼。）
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5.
have a drink problem
: to be
unable to stop the habit of drinking too much alcohol, so that it has a bad
effect on your life
備注：
''have a
drink problem''
常用于英式英語中，美式英語中常作
''have a drinking problem''
。
例：
My sister has a drink problem but she won't
admit it.
（我姐姐酗酒，但她自己不這么認為。）
From everything you tell me, it sounds as
if your husband may have a drinking problem.
（從你的描述看，你丈夫應(yīng)該是酗酒。）
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6.
lush
:
someone who is often
drunk - often used humorously
備注：
''lush''
常用于美式英語口語中，有點開玩笑的意思。
例：
You'll see her sitting at the bar all day.
She's a real lush.
（她整天就在酒吧喝酒，真是個大酒鬼。）
What are you drinking, you big lush? （你在喝什么？酒鬼。）
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