teetotal
发音
英 [ˌti:ˈtəʊtl]
美 [ˌtiˈtoʊtl]
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- adj.
- 完全戒酒的
- 主张完全戒酒的
- <口>彻底的
- 完全的
单词词源
teetotal 滴酒不沾的
tee-,来自 total 的首字母音，据说是来自某结巴说话不清楚的笑话，或为表强调，total,整个的， 完全的。用以指滴酒不沾的人。
双语例句
- 1. A waiter comes by to take drinks orders and the teetotal duke asks for still water .
- 一位侍者走近前来问我们喝点什么，滴酒不沾的公爵点了杯蒸馏水。
- 2. More people are teetotal , the number of underage drinkers has shrunk and consumption by 16 - to 24-year-olds is ebbing faster than in the overall population .
- 越来越多的人滴酒不沾，未成年人饮酒者量减少，16-24岁年轻人的酒精消费量较整体人口的消费量减少的更快。
- 3. An analysis of the impact of alcohol on men 's health by a team at wageningen university in the netherlands found that long-term light consumption - less than 20 grams daily - is more beneficial than being teetotal .
- 荷兰瓦赫宁根大学一个研究小组分析了酒精对男子健康的影响，发现长期少量饮酒（每天不到20克）比滴酒不沾更有益健康。
- 4. Against this possibly rosy view , campaigners point out that a lot of people in britain , some 12 % , are teetotal ( starting with most muslims , whose numbers are increasing ) , which means that those who do drink consume more than overall figures suggest .
- 与这种乐观观点相反，反酒精运动者们指出英国许多人，大约12%，滴酒不沾（大多数是穆斯林，且其人数在增加），这意味着饮酒者的酒精消费量比整体数据显示的要多。
- 5. She is of course a non-smoking , teetotal vegetarian .
- 她本人不吸烟，是绝对的素食主义者。