单词 | functional alcoholic |
释义 | > as lemmasfunctional alcoholic functional alcoholic n. a person who is dependent on alcohol but is capable of functioning in the professional and social roles expected of him or her; cf. functioning alcoholic n. at functioning adj. Compounds. ΚΠ 1971 Atlanta Constit. 8 Feb. 2 a/1 For six years I was a functional alcoholic. I managed to hold down a job, but I was a weekend drunk. 1998 G. Carroll Environmental Stress & Afr.-Amer. ii. 17 I told him..that he needed to..acknowledge that he was a functional alcoholic and needed help. 2013 Times (Nexis) 23 Mar. (Mag.) My parents were functional alcoholics, so I'd spent a lot of time in bars waiting for them. < as lemmas |
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