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

• Stopping something cold turkey is hard, so its best to replace the unwanted habit with something positive.
  戒掉坏习惯很难，所以最好用好习惯代替不想要的习惯。
• South African zoo wants a chimpanzee to quit smoking cold turkey.
  南非一家动物园要一只黑猩猩立即戒菸。
• You have to stop doing many things cold turkey as a symbolic declaration to the Universe.
  你不得不停止做很多事情，直截了当地对宇宙做出象征性的宣战。
• 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。）
• I'm talking cold turkey to you* I think it wise if your relationship has ended.
  我是直截了当对你说的，我想你们的关系最好是不要继续下去了。
• She stopped smoking cold turkey.
  她突然戒了烟。
• Are you going to try to stop smoking cold turkey?
  你打算努力去彻底戒烟吗？
• Besides, going cold turkey has its drawbacks: for one thing, it's nearly impossible – even a cold turkey sandwich is likely to contain sugar.
  另外，走向绝对有它的错误：对于一件事，它几乎是不可能的&甚至一个冷火鸡三明治也可能含有糖。
• I've been trying to quit smoking for awhile now, but going cold turkey is very difficult.
  我试图在一段时间里戒烟，但是突然戒掉是很困难的。
• John bravely kicked the habit of cold turkey.
  约翰勇敢地没有借药物的帮助就断然戒掉了毒瘾。