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单词 teetotaller
释义
teetotaller
noun[C]
UK(USusuallyteetotaler)
uk
/ˌtiːˈtəʊ.təl.ər/us
/ˌtiːˈtoʊ.t̬əl.ɚ/
someone who neverdrinksalcohol:
绝对戒酒（主义）者
He himself was anon-smokingteetotaller.他自己就曾绝对不沾烟酒。
See
teetotal
More examples
  • I'm not going topretendI'm a teetotaller. But I don'tdrinkvery much.
  • Aconfirmedteetotaller, he is said to be thedrivingforcebehind thecampaignagainstalcoholism.
  • Hisparentsare teetotallers so he didn't get thewhiskyfrom hishome.
  • He is a teetotaller, does notsmoke, goes tobedearly andlivesmodestly.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Drunkenness & sobriety
  • alcoholic
  • alky
  • battered
  • beer goggles
  • binge drinker
  • binge drinking
  • blasted
  • drunk dial
  • have a few (too many)idiom
  • inebriate
  • inebriated
  • inebriating
  • inebriation
  • muzzy
  • ripped
  • roaring drunkidiom
  • shit-faced
  • slaughtered
  • slewed
  • whacked
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(Definition ofteetotallerfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofteetotaller

teetotaller
Now although he may recognize that he has a reason to cut down on his alcohol intake, he also recognizes that he has a better reason to become ateetotaller.
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I am almost certain that he is so cheerful because he is ateetotaller.
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If the "pubs"are open for another half hour, noteetotallerneed be forced into a"pub" for the extra half hour.
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There is a vast difference between temperance and being ateetotaller.
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Suppose a supplier happened to be a very strictteetotallerand saw his price-cutting dealer going into a public-house.
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We all know about this liquor business and the agitation by teetotallers, brewers, publicans, and off-licence holders going back over many years.
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They wil1 be found among brewers, and sometimes among teetotallers, too.
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He said that he had ateetotallerfriend a very ardent advocate of the temperance cause— who was elected to a local authority.
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I am aware that theteetotallersays that this facility, if given to the off-licence holder, will increase the sale of drink.
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I am sorry to hear that teetotallers have been singled out as likely to suffer more, but that is substantiated by medical evidence.
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Teetotallers are told to give up drink; and hepatitis may not be recorded.
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Many of these men were teetotallers and thrifty, and lived a religious life, and what has happened to them?
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It is rather like an alcoholic lecturing ateetotalleron the virtues of abstinence.
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He said that he was a non-smoker andteetotaller, and he prided himself on having saved £50.
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Most of them are teetotallers, and a great many are nonsmokers as well.
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