addiction

Definitions

addict + -ion (state) = the state of being handed over to a habit. The most common word of the group, used of drugs, gambling, and increasingly of phones and games.

Common Collocations

• 1.drug addiction毒品成瘾
• 2.nicotine addiction尼古丁成瘾
• 3.internet addiction网络成瘾
• 4.overcome addiction戒除瘾癖

Example Sentences

• 1.

  Drug addiction destroyed his career and his family.

• 2.

  Experts now treat internet addiction as a real disorder.