上瘾 (上癮)
shàng yǐn
Pinyin
Definition
上瘾 (上癮)
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- to get into a habit
- to become addicted
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一哭二闹三上吊
- 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
- 2 to throw a tantrum
一条绳上的蚂蚱
- 1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
- 2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
- 3 people who will sink or swim together
三天不打,上房揭瓦
- 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
- 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
上一次当,学一次乖
- 1 to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
- 2 once bitten, twice shy
上下其手
- 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
- 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
Sample Sentences
嗯,吃了含这些成分的减肥药可就完了。有的会上瘾,有的会造成肝肾中毒,有的会导致人体电解质不平衡!天啊,这么说,减肥药是不能吃了?
Oh, if you've taken drugs with those ingredients, you're finished. You can get addicted to some, and some will poison your liver and kidneys. Some will even mess up the electrolytes in your body! Man, talking about it this way, is it safe to take weight-loss drugs?
我本来也不想玩,谁知道一下载后就上瘾了。
I wasn't going to play it, but I got addicted right after downloading it.
就是好听在它幼稚啊,而且只要听一次就会上瘾,那个旋律在脑子里就是甩不掉。
It's good because it's childish. You'll get hooked on your first listen. You'll not be able to get the melody out of your head.
你别不相信我说的。他现在已经上瘾了。我们再不管,就晚了。你没看电视里的那些网瘾少年,不打游戏就活不下去。儿子如果那样就全废了。
Don't go doubting me! He is already addicted. If we let this go any longer, it will be too late. Haven't you seen those internet-addicted kids on TV? Unless they are playing games, they don't want to go on living. If our son gets that way, it will all have been for naught.
希望你们对学中文上瘾,成为一个中文播客迷。
I hope you all become addicted to studying Chinese and become Chinese Pod fans.
他对烟上瘾。
He is addicted to cigarettes.
大麻虽然也会产生幻觉、快感,但是依赖性没海洛因、冰毒那么强。就算上瘾也可以很快戒掉。而且对身体的伤害也不大。
Although marijuana can cause hallucinations and make people high, it doesn't create dependencies as strong as heroin or crystal meth. Even if you are addicted, you can quit easily. Also, it's not so harmful to the body.
其实我自己现在也醒悟了,游戏固然吸引人,可是上瘾到影响工作生活就不值得了。你看好多学生就是一头栽进去,无法自拔。有些网瘾重的整天泡在网吧里,连上学也没心思了。所以前段时间,有个教育专家红遍全国,到处办讲座,帮孩子戒网瘾。我看到电视上那些绝望的家长,真是很有感触。
Actually, I understand it now myself. Although games are really attractive, it's not worth getting so addicted that it affects your work and life. Look-- a lot of students really get into gaming. They can't control themselves. Some who are really addicted to online gaming hang around in Internet cafes all day long. They don't even care about going to school. So, recently, there was an education expert who was really popular all over the entire country. He lectured everywhere, helping kids kick their Internet addiction. I saw some desperate parents on TV. It was really moving.
I played a bit. Actually, a lot of people go to Macao not planning to gamble. But in the end, they do. Because the big casinos usually have really fancy hotels. The room fees are very cheap, and you can convert them into chips. Basically, they're always trying to think of ways to get you hooked and make you gamble. If you don't have strong self-discipline, and you get addicted to gambling, I bet even you and your family's safety wouldn't be enough to get you to stop.