| 单词 | problem drinker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasproblem drinker f. Designating a person who has a particular habit or addiction to such an extent that it has a disruptive or damaging effect, either on the individual's life and welfare or more widely on family, friends, colleagues, or associates, as in problem drinker, problem gambler, etc. Also: designating the particular habit or addiction itself, as in problem drinking, problem gambling, etc. ΚΠ 1937 C. H. Durfee To drink or not to Drink Pref. p.viii By the problem-drinker, as I prefer to call the alcoholic, I mean the man or woman for whom drink has become a problem or who by his drinking has been made a problem to society. 1942 Current List Med. Lit. 3 535/1 Where problem drinking begins. 1951 Alice (Texas) Daily Echo 26 Jan. 3/7 Though far from a problem gambler, he thinks nothing of dropping five or ten dollars at poker or on a horse race. 1972 Press-Courier (Oxnard, Calif.) 9 Mar. 10/2 Every one of them [sc. hardcore and compulsive gamblers] is in danger of stepping—or slipping—over the line into problem gambling where all is lost. 2002 T. Hine I want That! v. 108 Some problem shoppers appear to spend themselves into debt..in order to provoke a financial crisis in a..relationship with which they are dissatisfied. < as lemmas |
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