英语单词

teetotal是什么意思

teetotal

英[tiː'təʊt(ə)l] |美[]
    adj.完全戒酒的;主张完全戒酒的;彻底的;完全的
日语:禁欲的な 法语:antialcoolique 德语:abstinent 韩语:완전 俄语:abstemio

牛津词典

adj.

  1. 从不饮酒的;滴酒不沾的
    never drinking alcohol
    1. He's strictly teetotal.
      他绝对是滴酒不沾。


网络解释

adj. 完全的,绝对的;绝对戒酒的;滴酒不沾的 vi. 绝对戒酒



双语例句

  1. He will not be having a celebratory drink, as he is teetotal.
    他滴酒不沾,不会喝庆功酒的。
  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 The charge for entrance to such fashionable gardens as Vauxhall or Ranalagh Gardens included tea with bread and butter, a welcome refreshment after the entertainment.
    抵制酒类一开始,霍克斯唐和瑞纳拉花园等一些美丽优雅的乡村之会为人们提供一些茶饮、面包和黄油以作欢迎。
  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. 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。
  6. I happen to be teetotal, I'm afraid.
    我正巧从不喝酒的,对不起。


语源

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


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