habit-forming

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

habit-forming — 形容詞

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

1.形容詞C1
釋義

易成癮的

讓人反覆使用、難以停止的

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.

Nellie 警告她青春期的女兒，電子煙非常容易成癮。

predicative use with intensifier 'highly'

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

Sahil 的醫生在手術後幫他換了一種比較不易成癮的止痛藥。

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.