addiction
/əˈdɪkʃ(ə)n/
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American sound/əˈdɪkʃ(ə)n/
əˈdɪkʃən
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ə - ˈdɪkʃən -> addiction
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၁။ ဆေး၊ အရက်စသည် စွဲနေသူ။ (ဆေး၊ အရက်)သမား။ a heroin addict.
၂။ ဝါသနာအိုး။ a chess/ TV/ football addict.
❏ addicted /ǝ'dÇktÇd / adj ~ (to sth)
၁။ (မူးယစ်ဆေး၊ အရက် စသည်) စွဲနေ[သော]။ become addicted to drugs/ alcohol/tobacco.
၂။ အလွန်အမင်း ဝါသနာထုံသော။ be hopelessly addicted to computer games.
❏ addiction /ǝ'dÇkʃn / n [U,C] ~ (to sth) (မူးယစ်ဆေး စသည်) စွဲနေမှု။ cocaine addiction ❍ overcome one's lifelong addiction to alcohol.
❏ addictive /ǝ'dÇktÇv / adj စွဲစေတတ်သော။ Heroin is highly addictive.
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