intoxicate
释义
To make someone drunk or affected by alcohol or drugs.
使（人）醉；使受酒精或药物影响。
To fill someone with intense excitement or exhilaration, as if drugged.
使（人）陶醉、忘乎所以，仿佛被某种东西迷醉。
词根拆分
词根派生这里 in- 表示「进入」（不是否定义「不」）：in-（进入）+ toxic（毒）+ -ate（使）=「把毒放进去」。它最初字面是给人下毒。因为喝醉是一种轻度自我中毒，词义转为「使醉」，再跃进一步到比喻义「使陶醉、使忘乎所以」——那些像毒品一样击中你的感觉。
词根 tox 还连着 5 个词为什么是这个意思
intoxicate 是家族里走得最远的词：下毒 → 醉 → 陶醉。最初的「下毒」义如今很罕见；今天它几乎总是表示「使醉」（法律术语 driving while intoxicated 醉驾），或比喻义「使忘乎所以」（被成功、名声、爱情 intoxicated）。贯穿三义的线索是同一个：一种强到接管你身体与判断力的物质或感觉。
常用搭配
- 1.intoxicated by success被成功冲昏头脑
- 2.heavily intoxicated酩酊大醉
- 3.intoxicating effect令人陶醉的效果
- 4.driving while intoxicated醉酒驾驶
例句
- 1.
Just two glasses of wine were enough to intoxicate him.
仅仅两杯酒就足以让他醉倒。
- 2.
He was clearly intoxicated and could barely stand up.
他明显喝醉了，几乎站不稳。
- 3.
The roar of the crowd seemed to intoxicate the young singer.
观众的欢呼声仿佛让这位年轻歌手陶醉其中。
- 4.
She was intoxicated by the freedom of living alone for the first time.
第一次独居的自由让她忘乎所以、沉醉不已。