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单词 inebriate
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Definition of inebriate in English:

inebriate

verb ɪˈniːbrɪeɪtɪˈnibriˌeɪt
[with object]often as adjective inebriatedhumorous, formal
  • Make (someone) drunk; intoxicate.

    灌醉,使醉;使陶醉

    I got mildly inebriated
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We were two slightly inebriated gentlemen trundling along on a Sunday evening.
    • Children are resorting to binge drinking, often becoming so inebriated they can't speak or walk.
    • Two foreign tours later, my garden had become a cider-pond, surrounded by staggering inebriated wasps.
    • Of the most memorable, ecstatic and monumentally fun moments so far, many have happened while inebriated.
    • The Garda witness said the victim was quite inebriated when he saw her later and she had to be helped into a Garda car.
    • This allowed for an extremely inebriated guy to take the stage.
    • I asked her how long it had taken her to get her sea legs, but she said she'd been rather inebriated.
    • The old man was not inebriated or hurt by a passing vehicle.
    • Become inebriated, do not fight it, revel in the sheer joy of unmitigated excess and alcohol induced stupidity.
    • Other positives include the convenience of not getting inebriated.
    • Several of the more inebriated patrons were dancing, whether it was on the tables, chairs or floor.
    • So exuberant, perhaps a tad inebriated but almost always good natured and fun.
    • I was inebriated and thought they were really cool, but they had gone out of fashion before they'd even left the shop.
    • The smell of alcohol and sweat poured from the doorway and they stepped back as two inebriated guys stumbled past them.
    • Even though I was, unsurprisingly, inebriated, and just wanted to lark and josh around with the lads.
    • The mud underfoot is fast becoming a river and various members of the crew are skidding and staggering across the car park, like inebriated Bambis.
    • I banged on the door, too inebriated and stupefied to think.
    • After he said a few things and we looked at how he was acting we realized he was inebriated.
    • At least my old friends didn't find me inebriated on the floor of a bar.
    • As I get increasingly inebriated, I make friends to stumble from bar to bar with.
    Synonyms
    drunk, intoxicated, inebriate, drunken, tipsy, the worse for drink, under the influence
    blind drunk, dead drunk, rolling drunk, roaring drunk, as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a skunk
    sottish, gin-soaked
    informal tight, merry, the worse for wear, pie-eyed, three sheets to the wind, plastered, smashed, hammered, sloshed, soused, sozzled, well oiled, paralytic, wrecked, wasted, blotto, stewed, pickled, tanked up, soaked, blasted, ratted, off one's face, out of one's head, out of one's skull
    British informal legless, bevvied, Brahms and Liszt, half cut, out of it, lashed, bladdered, trolleyed, mullered, slaughtered, well away, squiffy, tiddly, out of one's box
    Scottish informal fou
    North American informal loaded, trashed, out of one's gourd, blitzed, ripped
    US informal jacked
    British vulgar slang pissed, rat-arsed, arseholed
    informal, dated in one's cups, lit up
    euphemistic tired and emotional
    archaic sotted, foxed, screwed
    rare crapulent, crapulous, bibulous, ebriate
noun ɪˈniːbrɪətɪˈnibriət
humorous, formal
  • A drunkard.

    醉汉,酒鬼

    he was marked down as an inebriate
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Magistrates, believing that imprisonment would not reform the woman, decided to send her to an inebriates' home for two years.
    • Alcohol abuse has in many instances also reduced once dignified, principled and balanced people into inferior inebriates lacking drive, initiative and resoluteness.
    • He is an habitual inebriate but not an habitual drunkard.
    • In 1913 the London County Council carried a resolution to close its inebriate reformatory, Farmfield.
    • Anchorage used to have an honor farm where inebriates grew their own food and fished.
    • From 12 March 1915 ‘sixteen male inebriates of the non-criminal type’ were sent to Shaftesbury from the State Penitentiary for a period of re-habitation.
    • The casual drinkers stumbled out to be replaced by the more sinister silent sort of inebriate - the kind with cold, mad eyes.
    • Homeless chronic inebriates require access to transitional housing and supportive services in order to stabilize.
    • As for reducing the number of public inebriates, the answer is simple: Do not let them drink.
    • After all, self-discipline was to be the dominant trait of both the proper slave master and the reformed inebriate.
    • In this age of industrial capitalism, the goal was to restore inebriates' economic productivity as well as their willpower.
    • Philostratus in turn described Andros as a land of Cockaigne for inebriates.
    • The tree trunk has become a useful crutch for the inebriate.
    • Then, with all the strength she possessed, she threw the inebriate onto her shoulders as if he was nothing more than a mink stole.
    • It was more like a soccer match attended by a club of misanthropic inebriates.
    • Public interest in medical treatment for inebriates waxed when local prohibition laws and sentiment waned.
    Synonyms
    drinker, heavy drinker, problem drinker, drunk, drunkard, alcoholic, dipsomaniac, alcohol-abuser, alcohol addict, person with a drink problem
adjective ɪˈniːbrɪətɪˈnibriət
humorous, formal
  • Drunk; intoxicated.

    灌醉,使醉;使陶醉

    he had been known to get hopelessly inebriate
    inebriate times by the Bay
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To that end, if anyone wants an inebriate Santa staying on their floor sometime in December, do let me know.
    • We hooked up with the wedding party towards the inebriate end of the evening - my word, did we ever.
    • The hitherto silent island of Naxos has startlingly become populated with fauns and maenads and sileni and old Silenus himself swaying inebriate on his donkey.
    • Moreover, it can give one a feeling of energy, power and strength that can last for days after the inebriate effects have worn off.
    • Thoroughly fed up with the whole affair, I cut my losses and my inebriate courage disappeared.
    • They are political or philosophical, merrily inebriate or sententiously sober.
    • Prominent candidates are denounced as renegade and inebriate.
    • An inebriate Glaswegian was ahead of me in the queue.
    Synonyms
    drunk, intoxicated, inebriate, drunken, tipsy, the worse for drink, under the influence

Derivatives

  • inebriety

  • noun ˌɪnɪˈbrʌɪɪtiˌɪnəˈbraɪədi
    mass nounformal
    • Drunkenness, especially habitual; intoxication.

      the ravages of inebriety
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The American Association for the Cure of Inebriates promoted the concept of inebriety as a hereditary disease exacerbated by chronic debauchery.
      • It is tolerable only in advanced states of inebriety.
      • Although it was by now only 2.30 in the afternoon, I took refuge in ‘The Parkville’ where the atmosphere of inebriety resembled closing-time.

Origin

Late Middle English (as an adjective): from Latin inebriatus, past participle of inebriare 'intoxicate' (based on ebrius 'drunk').

Definition of inebriate in US English:

inebriate

verbɪˈnibriˌeɪtiˈnēbrēˌāt
[with object]often as adjective inebriatedformal, humorous
  • Make (someone) drunk; intoxicate.

    灌醉,使醉;使陶醉

    I got mildly inebriated
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Garda witness said the victim was quite inebriated when he saw her later and she had to be helped into a Garda car.
    • I was inebriated and thought they were really cool, but they had gone out of fashion before they'd even left the shop.
    • I banged on the door, too inebriated and stupefied to think.
    • The smell of alcohol and sweat poured from the doorway and they stepped back as two inebriated guys stumbled past them.
    • I asked her how long it had taken her to get her sea legs, but she said she'd been rather inebriated.
    • Children are resorting to binge drinking, often becoming so inebriated they can't speak or walk.
    • After he said a few things and we looked at how he was acting we realized he was inebriated.
    • At least my old friends didn't find me inebriated on the floor of a bar.
    • Even though I was, unsurprisingly, inebriated, and just wanted to lark and josh around with the lads.
    • As I get increasingly inebriated, I make friends to stumble from bar to bar with.
    • The mud underfoot is fast becoming a river and various members of the crew are skidding and staggering across the car park, like inebriated Bambis.
    • This allowed for an extremely inebriated guy to take the stage.
    • The old man was not inebriated or hurt by a passing vehicle.
    • We were two slightly inebriated gentlemen trundling along on a Sunday evening.
    • Other positives include the convenience of not getting inebriated.
    • Two foreign tours later, my garden had become a cider-pond, surrounded by staggering inebriated wasps.
    • So exuberant, perhaps a tad inebriated but almost always good natured and fun.
    • Become inebriated, do not fight it, revel in the sheer joy of unmitigated excess and alcohol induced stupidity.
    • Several of the more inebriated patrons were dancing, whether it was on the tables, chairs or floor.
    • Of the most memorable, ecstatic and monumentally fun moments so far, many have happened while inebriated.
    Synonyms
    drunk, intoxicated, inebriate, drunken, tipsy, the worse for drink, under the influence
nouniˈnēbrēətɪˈnibriət
formal, humorous
  • A drunkard.

    醉汉,酒鬼

    he was marked down as an inebriate
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was more like a soccer match attended by a club of misanthropic inebriates.
    • Anchorage used to have an honor farm where inebriates grew their own food and fished.
    • The casual drinkers stumbled out to be replaced by the more sinister silent sort of inebriate - the kind with cold, mad eyes.
    • After all, self-discipline was to be the dominant trait of both the proper slave master and the reformed inebriate.
    • Alcohol abuse has in many instances also reduced once dignified, principled and balanced people into inferior inebriates lacking drive, initiative and resoluteness.
    • As for reducing the number of public inebriates, the answer is simple: Do not let them drink.
    • Then, with all the strength she possessed, she threw the inebriate onto her shoulders as if he was nothing more than a mink stole.
    • In 1913 the London County Council carried a resolution to close its inebriate reformatory, Farmfield.
    • The tree trunk has become a useful crutch for the inebriate.
    • Homeless chronic inebriates require access to transitional housing and supportive services in order to stabilize.
    • Public interest in medical treatment for inebriates waxed when local prohibition laws and sentiment waned.
    • From 12 March 1915 ‘sixteen male inebriates of the non-criminal type’ were sent to Shaftesbury from the State Penitentiary for a period of re-habitation.
    • He is an habitual inebriate but not an habitual drunkard.
    • The Magistrates, believing that imprisonment would not reform the woman, decided to send her to an inebriates' home for two years.
    • In this age of industrial capitalism, the goal was to restore inebriates' economic productivity as well as their willpower.
    • Philostratus in turn described Andros as a land of Cockaigne for inebriates.
    Synonyms
    drinker, heavy drinker, problem drinker, drunk, drunkard, alcoholic, dipsomaniac, alcohol-abuser, alcohol addict, person with a drink problem
adjectiveiˈnēbrēətɪˈnibriət
formal, humorous
  • Drunk; intoxicated.

    灌醉,使醉;使陶醉

    he had been known to get hopelessly inebriate
    inebriate times by the Bay
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To that end, if anyone wants an inebriate Santa staying on their floor sometime in December, do let me know.
    • We hooked up with the wedding party towards the inebriate end of the evening - my word, did we ever.
    • They are political or philosophical, merrily inebriate or sententiously sober.
    • An inebriate Glaswegian was ahead of me in the queue.
    • Moreover, it can give one a feeling of energy, power and strength that can last for days after the inebriate effects have worn off.
    • Prominent candidates are denounced as renegade and inebriate.
    • The hitherto silent island of Naxos has startlingly become populated with fauns and maenads and sileni and old Silenus himself swaying inebriate on his donkey.
    • Thoroughly fed up with the whole affair, I cut my losses and my inebriate courage disappeared.
    Synonyms
    drunk, intoxicated, inebriate, drunken, tipsy, the worse for drink, under the influence

Origin

Late Middle English (as an adjective): from Latin inebriatus, past participle of inebriare ‘intoxicate’ (based on ebrius ‘drunk’).

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