physically and mentally dependent on a particular substance, and unable to stop taking it without incurring adverse effects 上了瘾的 she became addicted to alcohol and diet pills. 她变得酗酒,并且对减肥药片上了瘾。 ■enthusiastically devoted to a particular thing or activity 入了迷的,醉心于,有嗜好的 he's addicted to computers. 他对计算机着了迷。
语源
mid 16th cent.: from the obsolete adjective addict 'bound or devoted (to someone'), from Latin addict- 'assigned', from the verb addicere, from ad- 'to' + dicere 'say'