drunk driver
noun[C]
uk/ˌdrʌŋk ˈdraɪ.vər/us/ˌdrʌŋk ˈdraɪ.vɚ/(alsodrunken driver,uk/ˌdrʌŋ.kən ˈdraɪ.vər/us/ˌdrʌŋ.kən ˈdraɪ.vɚ/);(UKalsodrink driver)someone whodrivesavehicleafterdrinkingtoo muchalcohol:
醉酒司机，酒后驾车者Hediedafter beinghitby adrunkdriver.他被酒后驾车的司机撞死。
The newlawincreasedprisontermsfordrunkendriversinvolvedinfatalaccidents.新法延长了醉酒驾驶致死事故的刑期。
- Thevastmajorityof alcohol-relatedaccidentsinvolveddrunkdrivers, he says.
- LastOctober, acarhe wasdrivingwasstruckhead-onby adrunkdriver.
- Ithinkyou have abiggerchanceof beinghitby acarwith adrunkdriverwithoutinsurancethan you do of beingkilledin aplanecrash.
- We will take a zero-toleranceapproachtodrunkendrivers.
Drunkenness & sobriety
- alcoholic
- alky
- battered
- beer goggles
- binge drinker
- binge drinking
- blasted
- drunk dial
- inebriate
- inebriated
- inebriating
- inebriation
- influence
- muzzy
- roaring drunkidiom
- shit-faced
- slaughtered
- slewed
- sloshed
- whacked
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