wean

wean

英 [wiːn]
　　美 [win]

vt. 使斷奶；使斷念；使放棄
　　n. （蘇格蘭）幼兒
　　n. (Wean)人名；(英)威恩

中文詞源：

wean 斷奶

來自PIE*wen,追尋，渴求，努力，詞源同win,wonted.後用於指小孩擺脫母乳，開始習慣正常的飲食，從而引申詞義斷奶。

例句：

1. It can be extremely difficult to wean children off junk food.
讓兒童改掉吃零食的習慣有時十分困難.

2. The hospital managed to wean her off the drug.
醫院已讓她逐步減少依賴這種藥.

3. The patch enables smokers to wean themselves off cigarettes very gradually.
這張貼片能使吸煙者很緩慢地把煙戒掉.

4. He was sent away to school to wean him from bad companions.
送他上學,以便與壞的夥伴斷絕來往.

5. You are given pills with small quantities of nicotine to wean you from cigarettes.
會給你一些含少量尼古丁的藥片幫你戒除煙癮。