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cold turkey
  • Derivatives : adj  cold-turkey
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

cold turkey
  1. 1. [American English] [slang] 吸毒成癖者)突然完全戒除吸毒瘾
  2. 2. [American English] [slang] 坦率地直截当地如实说明情况实事求是
    to talk cold turkey about our chances
    直截当地谈论我们机缘
  3. 3. [American English] [slang] 无事先准备地,单刀直入
    to approach a sales prospect cold turkey
    单刀直入探讨销售前景
  4. 4. [American English] [slang] 冷漠孤傲的人
  5. 5. [American English] [slang] 吸毒酗酒突然醒来后的不完全清醒状况处于这种情况的人
  6. 6. [American English] [slang] 客观的坦率的;直率
  7. 7. [American English] [slang] 兴之所至
  8. 8. [slang] [American English] 非常熟练地;非常精通地
  9. 9. adjective [slang] 突然停止某事),而没有经过一个逐渐停止适应过程尤其用于描述毒瘾的人突然停止吸毒;原指药品

Collins English-English Dictionary

cold turkey
  1. 1. n [slang] a method of curing drug addiction by abrupt withdrawal of all doses
  2. 2. n the withdrawal symptoms, esp nausea and shivering, brought on by this method

Examples

to talk cold turkey about our chances
直截了当地谈论我们的机缘 cold turkey
to approach a sales prospect cold turkey
单刀直入地探讨销售前景 cold turkey

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