"disease of alcohol addiction," 1852, from alcohol + -ism, or else from Modern Latin alcoholismus, coined in 1852 by Swedish professor of medicine Magnus Huss (1807-1890) to mean what we now would call "alcohol poisoning." In earlier times, alcoholism would have been habitual drunkenness or some such term.
雙語例句
1. In many ways, our society actively promotes alcoholism.
我們的社會(huì)從多個(gè)方面助長了酗酒的風(fēng)氣。
來自柯林斯例句
2. the social stigma of alcoholism
酗酒在社會(huì)上的惡名
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. Alcoholism often leads to the alienation of family and friends.