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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
addicted
ad·dict·ed BrE [əˈdɪktɪd] NAmE [əˈdɪktɪd] adjective not before noun 1. ~ (to sth) unable to stop taking harmful drugs, or using or doing sth as a habit •to become addicted to drugs/gambling •It did not take James very long to get addicted. 2. ~ (to sth) spending all your free time doing sth because you are so interested in it •He's addicted to computer games. Word Origin: [addicted] mid 16th cent.: from the obsolete adjective addict ‘bound or devoted (to someone)’, from Latin addict- ‘assigned’, from the verb addicere, from ad- ‘to’ dicere ‘say’. Example Bank: •She had become addicted to tranquillizers.
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