teetotal是什么意思

双语例句

(1)He's strictly teetotal.

他绝对是滴酒不沾。

(2)I never ask my teetotal friends to parties.

我从不邀请那些滴酒不沾的朋友参加聚会。

(3)Teetotal, but partial to indulging in chocolate and desserts, he has recently lost weight.

尽管戒了酒，但偏爱狂吃巧克力和甜点，萨科奇的体重近来有所减少。

(4)Some get it straight away, like the teetotal James Milner and Jordan Henderson, and some not so much, like Joe Hart and Adam Johnson.

有些人远离饮酒，就像戒酒主义者米尔纳和亨德森一样，有些则不是，像哈特和亚当约翰逊。

(5)Most of the time, the French President is teetotal and sticks to fizzy water and orange juice. This has not passed unnoticed by France's many wine-makers.

法国是葡萄酒之乡，但萨科齐绝大多数时候却是个禁酒主义者，只喝饮料或橘汁。

同义词

adj. 完全的，绝对的；绝对戒酒的；滴酒不沾的

同根词

词根 teetotal

(1)teetotaler n. 禁酒主义者，绝对禁酒者

(2)teetotalism n. 绝对禁酒

(3)teetotaller n. 禁酒者；绝对戒酒主义者

释义

adj.

choosing or characterized by abstinence from alcohol

绝对禁酒的；主张绝对禁酒的

a teetotal lifestyle.

滴酒不沾的生活方式。

词源

"mid 19th cent.: emphatic extension of ＴＯＴＡＬ, apparently first used by Richard Turner, a worker from Preston, in a speech （1833） urging total abstinence from all alcohol, rather than mere abstinence from spirits, advocated by some early temperance reformers."