"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.
我們的社會從多個方面助長了酗酒的風氣。
來自柯林斯例句
2. the social stigma of alcoholism
酗酒在社會上的惡名
來自《權威詞典》
3. Alcoholism often leads to the alienation of family and friends.