cold turkey

英 [ˌkəʊld ˈtɜːki]

美 [ˌkoʊld ˈtɜːrki]

n.  (吸毒成瘾者)突然戒毒时的痛苦; (治疗吸毒成瘾者的)突然戒毒方法

牛津词典

noun

• （吸毒成瘾者）突然戒毒时的痛苦；（治疗吸毒成瘾者的）突然戒毒方法
  the unpleasant state that drug addicts experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug; a way of treating drug addicts that makes them experience this state

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT (吸毒成瘾者)突然戒毒时的不适;戒毒反应
  Cold turkeyis the unpleasant physical reaction that people experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug that they have become addicted to.
  1. The quickest way to get her off the drug was to let her go cold turkey.
     要使她摆脱毒品，最快的方法是让她彻底戒毒。

英英释义

noun

• complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent
  1. he quit smoking cold turkey
  2. she quit her job cold turkey
• a blunt expression of views
  1. I told him cold turkey

双语例句

• He quit smoking a week ago. He tells everyone that he went cold turkey for me.
  （他一星期前戒烟了。他见人就说他突然戒烟是为了我。）
• Far from cold turkey, the market is likely to be offered another drug.
  非但没有人要一下子戒掉，市场还有可能再得到一剂“兴奋剂”。
• One day, my friend Rick went cold turkey on cigarettes.
  一天，我朋友力克突然不抽烟了。
• Well, if you want to be with me, you'll just have to quit cold turkey.
  呃，你如果想和我在一起，就得断然戒烟。
• I heard you have to go cold turkey.
  听说你一定要一次就戒掉。
• Then one day, I decided to quit cold turkey after trying everything else.
  在试过其它各种戒烟方法后，有一天我决定要断然戒烟。
• Are you going to try to stop smoking cold turkey?
  你打算努力去彻底戒烟吗？
• EXAMPLE: Last month I stopped smoking cold turkey, which was the only way I knew I could succeed.
  上个月，我断然戒烟，这是我所知道的能成功的唯一方法。
• Manuscript submitted, I went cold turkey on holiday, knowing that the headache and sluggishness of mind would be both less painful and less important while wandering around the Welsh coast.
  在交稿后，我在度假时采用了突然戒除法，因为我明白，当我在威尔士海岸漫步时，头疼和精神萎靡的痛苦程度要轻得多。
• The quickest way to get her off the drug was to let her go cold turkey.
  要使她摆脱毒品，最快的方法是让她彻底戒毒。