| 单词 | alcoholics anonymous |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAlcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous n. originally U.S. an association for the mutual support and rehabilitation of alcoholics; abbreviated A.A.The organization was founded at Akron, Ohio, in 1935.A proprietary name in the United States. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > addiction to alcohol or habitual drinking > society for rehabilitation or support of Alcoholics Anonymous1939 AA1940 Al-Anon1952 Alateen1958 1939 Alcoholics Anonymous ii. 27 We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, know one hundred men who were just as hopeless as Bill. All have recovered. They have solved the drink problem. 1951 I. Shaw Troubled Air ii. 28 You're jittery... Maybe you ought to join Alcoholics Anonymous. 1962 Lancet 2 June 1193/2 7 men attended meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous regularly. The impression was that those helped most by A.A. are the more stable and more intelligent. 1984 N.Y. Times 2 Jan. 21/2 The Roman Catholic rectory serves twice a week as the meeting place for the local chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous. 2007 Independent 6 Feb. 29/7 Like millions of others, she had recovered through the ‘12 steps’ method first laid out by Alcoholics Anonymous, which is used by Narcotics Anonymous. < as lemmas |
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