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词汇 chain-smoking
释义 chain-smoking
present participle ofchain-smoke
chain-smoke
verb[ I ]
uk /ˈtʃeɪn.sməʊk/ us /ˈtʃeɪn.smoʊk/
to smoke cigarettes one after another: 一支接一支地抽烟
Joan's under a lot of pressure these days - she's been chain-smoking ever since her divorce.琼这些日子压力很大——自从离婚后她就一支接一支地抽烟。
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chain-smoking

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


We might also expect to hear it issuing from the bluish lips of an inebriated, chain-smoking existentialist.
For instance, it deals inter alia with the undesirability of showing children chain-smoking.
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I have some wonderful memories of her—not least of her chain-smoking in the corridors of power, an odd thing for someone so totally committed to healthcare.
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There is a lot to be said about chain-smoking; but it does not fall, in the view of most people, ordinarily within the category of violence.
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He is a hard-cursing, chain-smoking misanthrope who formerly worked on a children's television programme.
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He is described as a thin, chain-smoking man, and a chronic worrier.
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He is a hard-drinking, chain-smoking executive with a shadowy past who has achieved success in advertising.
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A chain-smoking perfectionist, she cared about backstory and attractive features.
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At home, he wanders around in an exquisite silk dressing-gown, chain-smoking.
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As he drank more heavily and started chain-smoking, his friends began to worry.
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Her piety is a cover up for her romantic love for the chain-smoking chaplain.
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He always looked the same, old and decrepit, always chain-smoking...
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She dreams that she grows up to become a chain-smoking, thrice-divorced, casino-hopper.
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He eventually fell back to chain-smoking, a theme that would figure heavily in his performances from then on.
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Kevin himself is a 14-year-old, chain-smoking, alcoholic, cough syrup addicted, sociopathic juvenile delinquent.
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