addictive
addictive — 形容詞
1. describes a drug, food, or activity that, once you have tried it, keeps pulling
讓人上癮的
一旦接觸就難以戒除的物品或活動
describes a drug, food, or activity that, once you have tried it, keeps pulling you back so strongly that quitting feels almost impossible.
Heroin is highly addictive, and Dr. Olu warns that one weekend of use can trap a patient for years.
海洛因極度讓人上癮，田中醫師警告，只要使用一個週末，就可能讓病人困住好幾年。
collocation: highly addictive
Eitan admits that scrolling through TikTok before bed is more addictive than any video game she has ever played.
Eitan 承認，睡前滑 TikTok 比她玩過的任何電玩都還要讓人上癮。
comparative: more addictive than
These spicy peanuts are so addictive that Dilnoza finished the whole jar during the football match.
這些辣味花生實在太讓人上癮，Dilnoza 在看足球賽時就把整罐吃光了。
Doctors at the Taipei clinic told Rohan that nicotine remains one of the most addictive substances on the market.
台北診所的醫師告訴 Rohan，尼古丁仍是市面上最容易讓人上癮的物質之一。
Online slot machines can be terribly addictive, especially for teenagers with easy access to a parent's credit card.
線上吃角子老虎機可能非常讓人上癮，特別是對能輕易拿到父母信用卡的青少年來說。
- habit-forming
neutral, often used on product warnings
- compulsive
describes the behaviour itself rather than the substance
- moreish
informal British, only for tasty food, not for drugs
- non-addictive
the standard direct opposite, used for medicines
文法句型
highly addictive
be addictive
用法筆記
Frequently modified by intensifiers such as 'highly', 'extremely', or 'terribly'. Subject is usually a substance (drug, sugar, caffeine), a food, or a screen-based activity (game, app, show).
常見錯誤
2. showing a tendency in a person to fall into dependence on substances or habits v
易成癮的
形容人或其特質容易染上依賴行為
showing a tendency in a person to fall into dependence on substances or habits very quickly, or describing the traits that make this happen.
Farouk has an addictive personality, so his therapist advised him to stay away from gambling apps and energy drinks.
Farouk 有易成癮的人格，因此他的治療師建議他遠離賭博 App 和能量飲料。
collocation: addictive personality
Researchers in Kyoto study why some teenagers show addictive behaviour around social media within weeks of getting a phone.
京都的研究人員在探討，為什麼有些青少年拿到手機幾週內就出現對社群媒體的成癮行為。
collocation: addictive behaviour
Aunt Rosa worries that her son inherited her addictive tendencies toward alcohol from his late grandfather.
Rosa 阿姨擔心兒子遺傳到她對酒精的成癮傾向，這是來自他已過世的祖父。
The young actor admitted on the podcast that he has an addictive nature and avoids parties where drugs may appear.
那位年輕演員在 Podcast 上坦承自己屬於易成癮體質，會避開可能有毒品出現的派對。
- addiction-prone
clinical, less common in everyday speech
- compulsive
focuses on the inability to resist a specific behaviour
文法句型
addictive personality
addictive behaviour
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: here the adjective describes the person or their traits ('addictive personality / behaviour / tendencies'), not a drug or activity. Almost always appears before a noun, not after 'be'.