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词汇 binge-drink
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Definition of binge-drink in English:

binge-drink

verb
[no object]
  • Consume an excessive amount of alcohol in a short period of time.

    if you don't allow alcohol to be served at a stadium, fans will just go out and binge-drink before the game
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She highlighted the fact that this year the CDC reported that 1 in 8 women binge-drink three times a month.
    • A University of Melbourne study of 400 people presented at the same conference found 7 per cent of men aged over 60 were binge-drinking once a week.
    • Although college students commonly binge-drink, according to the institute, 70 percent of binge-drinking episodes involved adults age 26 and older.
    • They were alarmed when they saw their daughter had begun to binge-drink.
    • Problem drinking is usually thought of in terms of young people binge-drinking in city centres, or people with alcohol dependency.
    • A Health Minister last night led calls for a ban on 'dangerous' mobile phone apps that encourage young people to binge-drink.
    • "We have a culture where not only is it acceptable to binge-drink, it's a rite of passage," said the Sydney-based global ambassador for the growing online abstinence movement.
    • The researchers found, not surprisingly, young adults, aged 18-30, tend to binge-drink more often than those who are aged in their fifties or sixties.
    • The report also details the sheer number of adults who binge-drink - 309,100 last year, 165,000 of them frequently.
    • She binge-drinks, behaves appallingly and then can't remember what she did the next day.
    Synonyms
    drink alcohol, take alcohol, tipple, indulge

Derivatives

  • binge drinker

  • noun
    • Making alcohol more expensive will not modify the behaviours of alcoholics nor binge drinkers.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • At some colleges, nearly 70 percent of the students were identified as binge drinkers; at others there were none.
      • I was a binge drinker at the weekend in my early 20s - I still drink too much on the odd occasion I go out.
      • Binge drinkers are to be shown CCTV of their behaviour in a bid to change their habits and ease pressure on hospitals.
      • She admitted she used to be a binge drinker and sometimes got through two bottles of wine a day.
      • He does not normally drink much but is a classic binge drinker.

Definition of binge-drink in US English:

binge-drink

verb
[no object]
  • Consume an excessive amount of alcohol in a short period of time.

    if you don't allow alcohol to be served at a stadium, fans will just go out and binge-drink before the game
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A Health Minister last night led calls for a ban on 'dangerous' mobile phone apps that encourage young people to binge-drink.
    • She binge-drinks, behaves appallingly and then can't remember what she did the next day.
    • A University of Melbourne study of 400 people presented at the same conference found 7 per cent of men aged over 60 were binge-drinking once a week.
    • She highlighted the fact that this year the CDC reported that 1 in 8 women binge-drink three times a month.
    • They were alarmed when they saw their daughter had begun to binge-drink.
    • Although college students commonly binge-drink, according to the institute, 70 percent of binge-drinking episodes involved adults age 26 and older.
    • The report also details the sheer number of adults who binge-drink - 309,100 last year, 165,000 of them frequently.
    • Problem drinking is usually thought of in terms of young people binge-drinking in city centres, or people with alcohol dependency.
    • The researchers found, not surprisingly, young adults, aged 18-30, tend to binge-drink more often than those who are aged in their fifties or sixties.
    • "We have a culture where not only is it acceptable to binge-drink, it's a rite of passage," said the Sydney-based global ambassador for the growing online abstinence movement.
    Synonyms
    drink alcohol, take alcohol, tipple, indulge
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