英语新词：你是“巧克力狂”吗？
时间：2018-12-12 作者：英语课 分类：英文语法词汇
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不管你肚子有多饱，减肥的愿望有多强烈，总是忍不住再来一块儿巧克力?经常吃点儿巧克力对健康有益，但如果你总是管不住嘴巴，小心变成“巧克力狂”哦。
A chocoholic is a person who craves 2 or compulsively consumes chocolate.
“巧克力狂”指的是吃巧克力上瘾的人。
For chocoholics, little can be done to restrain their cravings.
对“巧克力狂”来说，想吃巧克力的冲动总是无法控制。
There is some medical evidence to support the existence of actual addiction 3 to chocolate. However, the term is mostly used loosely or humorously to describe a person who is inordinately 4 fond of chocolate.
嗜巧克力成瘾这种症状有医疗依据支持，但“巧克力狂”用来形容一个人非常爱吃巧克力时，使用范围很宽泛，也充满幽默感。
The word chocoholic was first used in 1968 according to Merriam-Webster. It is a portmanteau of "chocolate" and "alcoholic 5".
据韦氏词典，“巧克力狂”首次在1968年使用，是"chocolate" (巧克力)和 "alcoholic"(酗酒者)两个单词的混成词。
'Chocoholism' is quite common. In studies of food cravings, chocolate and chocolate confectioneries almost always top the list of foods people say they crave 1.
“巧克力瘾”很常见。在饮食冲动相关研究中，巧克力和巧克力糖果总是占据人们最想吃的食物排行榜榜首。
1 crave
vt.渴望得到，迫切需要，恳求，请求
- Many young children crave attention.许多小孩子渴望得到关心。
- You may be craving for some fresh air.你可能很想呼吸呼吸新鲜空气。
2 craves
渴望，热望( crave的第三人称单数 )； 恳求，请求
- The tree craves calm but the wind will not drop. 树欲静而风不止。
- Victory would give him a passport to the riches he craves. 胜利将使他有机会获得自己梦寐以求的财富。
3 addiction
n.上瘾入迷，嗜好
- He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
- Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。
4 inordinately
adv.无度地，非常地
- But if you are determined to accumulate wealth, it isn't inordinately difficult. 不过，如果你下决心要积累财富，事情也不是太难。 来自互联网
- She was inordinately smart. 她非常聪明。 来自互联网
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