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小词详解 | wean
wean 英 [wiːn] 美 [wiːn]
The second reason is economic and political inertia. The more fossil fuels a country consumes, the harder it is to wean itself off them.
第二个原因是经济和政治惯性。一个国家消费的化石燃料越多,就越难摆脱对它的依赖。
——《经济学人》Over time you can cut it in half again and wean yourself off the sugar.
随着时间的推移,你可以把糖再减半,让自己摆脱对糖的依赖。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 使(婴幼儿或其它幼小的哺乳动物)习惯于母乳以外的食物
什么时候开始给我的孩子断奶最好?
When would be the best time to start weaning my baby?
孩子应该少看电视。
Children should be weaned off television.使一国摆脱另一国的影响
wean a country away from the influence of another
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他自幼受到严格纪律和职责的约束。
He was weaned on a diet of rigid discipline and duty.
The way to wean any one from a desire is not by condemnation of it.
谴责某种欲望并不能使任何人摆脱它。
detach: disengage (something or part of something) and remove it disentangle: free (something or someone) from an entanglement; extricate extricate: free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty