"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.
双语例句
1. In many ways, our society actively promotes alcoholism.
我们的社会从多个方面助长了酗酒的风气。
来自柯林斯例句
2. the social stigma of alcoholism
酗酒在社会上的恶名
来自《权威词典》
3. Alcoholism often leads to the alienation of family and friends.
