• n. 有癮的人；入迷的人
• vt. 使沉溺；使上癮

前綴ad-, 去，往。詞根dict, 說(shuō)，聲稱(chēng),同dictionary。該詞詞義眾多，此處可能用于祈禱，信奉神靈，著迷。后指上癮。比較devout, 虔誠(chéng)的，詞源同voice,聲音，說(shuō)話(huà)。

addict

addict: [16] Originally, addict was an adjective in English, meaning ‘a(chǎn)ddicted’. It was borrowed from Latin addictus, the past participle of addicere, which meant ‘give over or award to someone’. This in turn was formed from the prefix ad- ‘to’ and the verb dicere. The standard meaning of dicere was ‘say’ (as in English diction, dictionary, and dictate), but it also had the sense ‘a(chǎn)djudge’ or ‘a(chǎn)llot’, and that was its force in addicere.
=> dictate, diction, dictionary

addict (v.)

1530s (implied in addicted), from Latin addictus, past participle of addicere "to deliver, award, yield; give assent, make over, sell," figuratively "to devote, consecrate; sacrifice, sell out, betray" from ad- "to" (see ad-) + dicere "say, declare" (see diction), but also "adjudge, allot." Earlier in English as an adjective, "delivered, devoted" (1520s). Related: Addicted; addicting.

addict (n.)

1909, in reference to morphine, from addict (v.).

1. She is a TV addict and watches as much as she can.

她是個(gè)電視迷，看起電視來(lái)沒(méi)完沒(méi)了。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. The self-confessed drug addict was arrested 13 months ago.

那個(gè)自己坦白的癮君子在13個(gè)月前被逮捕。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. He's only 24 years old and a drug addict.

他只有24歲，卻是個(gè)癮君子。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. You're not much of a TV addict, as I remember.

我記得你并不太迷電視的.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

5. That young man is a cocaine addict.

那個(gè)年輕人吸食可卡因成癮.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》