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

• One day, my friend Rick went cold turkey on cigarettes.
  一天，我朋友力克突然不抽烟了。
• But the day a good friend of mine died of lung cancer, I decided to go cold turkey and never light up another cigarette.
  后来我一个要好朋友因为肺癌而死了。就在他去世的当天，我下定决心戒烟，从此以后我再也没有抽过一支烟。
• So if he's gone cold turkey.
  如果他用冷火鸡法戒除。
• 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。
• G.M. has stated it will go cold turkey on incentives, and it has.
  通用汽车公司曾宣布将要断然停止奖励办法，现在果然停了。
• Are you going to try to stop smoking cold turkey?
  你打算努力去彻底戒烟吗？
• I quit smoking cold turkey.
  我用突然戒烟法戒了烟。
• Well, if you want to be with me, you'll just have to quit cold turkey.
  呃，你如果想和我在一起，就得断然戒烟。
• 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。
• Far from cold turkey, the market is likely to be offered another drug.
  非但没有人要一下子戒掉，市场还有可能再得到一剂“兴奋剂”。