"wean from" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 使戒掉
• 使斷奶

Definition

讓某人逐漸停止依賴某種東西，比如讓嬰兒斷奶或讓人戒掉習慣。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

醫學或正式語境下用於嬰兒斷奶，也形容戒除某習慣（如‘wean from sugar’指戒糖）。後面總是接'from'以及對象。可為字面或比喻用法。

Examples

It is time to wean the baby from breast milk.

現在該讓嬰兒**斷奶**了。

Doctors suggest to wean gradually from a pacifier.

醫生建議要逐步**戒掉**安撫奶嘴。

You should wean yourself from drinking too much soda.

你應該逐漸**戒掉**喝太多汽水的習慣。

It took weeks to wean her from her afternoon naps.

讓她**戒掉**午睡花了好幾個星期。

Parents sometimes find it hard to wean kids from cartoons.

父母有時覺得讓孩子**戒掉**看動畫片很難。

I'm trying to wean myself from checking my phone all the time.

我正在努力**戒掉**一直看手機的習慣。