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

• 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。
• Andy does not dare ( to) talk cold turkey to Cecily.
  安迪不敢对塞西莉谈关于冰冻火鸡之事。
• Everyone has their own way of kicking bad habits, and you can either choose to go cold turkey or ease off it slowly.
  每个人都有戒掉坏习惯的方法，你可以痛定思痛下决心快速戒掉，也可以慢慢除去坏习惯。
• I feel able to admit this, since over the course of my holiday I was able to go through cold turkey, conquer the addiction, and face the world clean.
  我觉得现在我能够承认这件事了，因为在休假期间，我能够遵守突然戒除法、战胜咖啡瘾，然后清白地面对世界。
• 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。）
• One day, my friend Rick went cold turkey on cigarettes.
  一天，我朋友力克突然不抽烟了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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”。