addict: [16] Originally, addict was an adjective in English, meaning ‘a(chǎn)ddicted’. It was borrowed from Latin addictus, the past participle of addicere, which meant ‘give over or award to someone’. This in turn was formed from the prefix ad- ‘to’ and the verb dicere. The standard meaning of dicere was ‘say’ (as in English diction, dictionary, and dictate), but it also had the sense ‘a(chǎn)djudge’ or ‘a(chǎn)llot’, and that was its force in addicere. => dictate, diction, dictionary
addict (v.)
1530s (implied in addicted), from Latin addictus, past participle of addicere "to deliver, award, yield; give assent, make over, sell," figuratively "to devote, consecrate; sacrifice, sell out, betray" from ad- "to" (see ad-) + dicere "say, declare" (see diction), but also "adjudge, allot." Earlier in English as an adjective, "delivered, devoted" (1520s). Related: Addicted; addicting.
addict (n.)
1909, in reference to morphine, from addict (v.).
雙語例句
1. She is a TV addict and watches as much as she can.
她是個電視迷，看起電視來沒完沒了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The self-confessed drug addict was arrested 13 months ago.