每天三分钟学英语 第181期:英文cold turkey不是"冷火鸡",不要总想着吃了

 情景对话：

Gloria: I am gathering¹ every Binky that is in this house because from today on Joe is going cold turkey. Okay, Joe. Have your last puff² if you want.

我正在收集家里所有的奶嘴，因为从今天开始，Joe将完全戒掉它。好了，Joe，如果你想的话就再吸最后一口。

知识点：

Go cold turkey 突然完全戒除…

在戒烟、戒酒时也可以用到这个表达。比如下面两个例句：

① Going cold turkey is definitely not the best way to quit smoking.

立马完全停止吸烟绝对不是戒烟的最好办法。

② The only way to quit smoking is to do it cold turkey and get the nicotine³ out of your system.

戒烟的最好方法就是突然停止吸，然后把你身体里的尼古丁都消除。

quit something cold turkey 突然完全戒除…

也可以说 stop something cold turkey.

除了戒烟戒酒，还可以形容戒掉玩游戏瘾，比如下面例句：

① I stopped playing cold turkey. I just deleted it because it was taking up too much of my time.

我突然就停止玩儿了，我把它从电脑里删除了，因为占用了我太多时间。

② I was addicted⁴ to alcohol, then I quit it cold turkey, it was not as hard as I imagined.

我曾经沉迷酒精，然后我说戒就立马完全戒了，感觉没有想象中那么难。

1 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

2 puff   

n.一口(气)；一阵(风)；v.喷气，喘气

参考例句：

• He took a puff at his cigarette.他吸了一口香烟。
• They tried their best to puff the book they published.他们尽力吹捧他们出版的书。

3 nicotine   

n.(化)尼古丁，烟碱

参考例句：

• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。

4 addicted   

adj.沉溺于....的，对...上瘾的

参考例句：

• He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
• She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。