habit-forming

/ˈhæbɪt fɔːmɪŋ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhæbɪt fɔːrmɪŋ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈha-bət-ˌfȯr-miŋ/ (ame, mw)

habit-forming — adjective

1. If a drug, food, game, or other activity is habit-forming, regular use of it lea

1.形容詞C1
釋義

If a drug, food, game, or other activity is habit-forming, regular use of it leads people to crave it and keep coming back, often without realising how dependent they have become.

例句

Nellie warned her teenage daughter that vaping is highly habit-forming.

predicative use with intensifier 'highly'

Sahil's doctor switched him to a less habit-forming painkiller after the surgery.

attributive use with comparative 'less'

同義詞
  • addictive

    stronger; includes serious dependency, not just routine pull

  • compulsive

    focuses on the urge to repeat; can describe behaviour, not just the substance causing it

反義詞

文法句型

habit-forming + noun

用法筆記

Frequently modifies words for drugs, foods, games, and online activities. Often softened by 'less', 'mildly', 'potentially' when the speaker wants to acknowledge the risk without alarming the listener; intensified by 'highly', 'extremely' when warning.

常見錯誤

❌Coffee is a habit-forming.
✅Coffee is habit-forming.
💡'habit-forming' is an adjective, not a noun, so no article before it.
❌These pills are habit-forming me.
✅These pills are forming a habit in me.' / 'These pills are habit-forming.
💡'habit-forming' cannot take an object; use a different verb if you want to express the action.