addicted (to something) unable to stop using or doing something as a habit, especially something harmful上瘾；成瘾；有瘾- to become addicted to drugs/gambling/social media沉迷于毒品/赌博/社交媒体
- It did not take James very long to get addicted.詹姆斯花了很长时间才上瘾。
- She had become addicted to tranquillizers.她吃镇静剂已经上瘾了。
Topics Social issuesb2, Illnessb2, Feelingsb2Oxford Collocations DictionaryverbsadverbprepositionSee full entry More Like This Adjectives that do not come before a nounAdjectives that do not come before a noun Word Originmid 16th cent.: from the obsolete adjective addict ‘bound or devoted (to someone)’, from Latin addict- ‘assigned’, from the verb addicere, from ad- ‘to’ + dicere ‘say’.