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go cold turkey

/kohld-tur-kee/US // ˈkoʊld ˈtɜr ki //

冷处理,冷战,冷淡处理,冷淡对待

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : abrupt and complete withdrawal from the use of an addictive substance, as a narcotic drug, alcohol, or tobacco.

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Examples

  • She quit the protests cold turkey in October, found a spiritual adviser, started to channel her desire to burn the system down into building up her community.

  • While most moderate drinkers can handle withdrawal symptoms on their own, if you are truly alcohol-dependent, quitting cold turkey may not actually be safe.

  • This is comedy based on a cold humor, detached, euphemistic, devoid of any generosity.

  • We indulge in expensive cold-pressed juices and SoulCycle classes, justifying these purchases as investments in our health.

  • Cold War fears could be manipulated through misleading art to attract readers to daunting material.

  • The vaccine is delivered through a “carrier virus” that causes a common cold in chimpanzees but does not affect humans.

  • Meanwhile two kids were taken from their mother when she flew back to the UK from Turkey.

  • Madame de Condillac stood watching him, her face composed, her glance cold.

  • Being quieted by the Captain with a draught of cold tea, and made to sit down, the examination of the book proceeded.

  • When alone she sometimes picked it up and kissed the cold glass passionately.

  • Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!

  • Turn we our backs to the cold gloomy north, to the wet windy west, to the dry parching east—on to the south!