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addictive

/uh-dik-tiv/US // əˈdɪk tɪv //UK // (əˈdɪktɪv) //

上瘾性,令人上瘾的,上瘾的,令人上瘾

Related Words

obsessive强迫性,强迫性的,强迫症,执着的enslaving奴役,奴役性,奴役的,奴役人hooking钩住,勾兑,钩子,钩挂

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Also ad·dict·ing . producing or tending to cause addiction: an addictive drug.
    • : more than normally susceptible to addiction: an addictive personality.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.habit-forming
Synonyms
obsessive强迫性,强迫性的,强迫症,执着的

Examples

  • He told lawmakers that the company "took a page from Big Tobacco's playbook, working to make our offering addictive at the outset" and arguing that his former employer has been hugely detrimental to society.

  • Today Purdue is the target of thousands of lawsuits, charged with having downplayed the addictive nature of OxyContin.

  • While none of these new drugs proved to be non-addictive, they did become very useful in the medical management of acute pain.

  • Oxycontin was a time-released version of oxycodone that Purdue aggressively marketed to the medical community, saying it “might” be less addictive than other opioids.

  • We’re just providing them with information that this is an opioid, it’s addictive, it’s dangerous, you should bring it back.

  • It remains a Schedule I narcotic to this day, considered as dangerous and addictive by the federal government as heroin and MDMA.

  • The Flash is the latest addictive series from Berlanti, who serves as showrunner with Kreisberg.

  • The celebrity scandals became addictive to both the reporters and the readers.

  • The show is as precisely plotted as a soap opera and beautifully lit; entirely, fatally addictive.

  • The best part, says Ansel, is the “utterly addictive” whipped honey brown butter served in a dish alongside.

  • Free and fun -- addictive social games with lots of cool people playing them from all over the world.

  • The drugs students are taking today are more potent, more dangerous, and more addictive than ever.

  • Crack or freebase rock is extremely addictive, and its effects are felt within 10 seconds.

  • He should have reasoned that out long ago; he should have realized it was impossible to have immunity to an addictive drug.

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