wean

• vt. 使断奶；使断念；使放弃
• n. （苏格兰）幼儿
• n. (Wean)人名；(英)威恩

来自PIE*wen,追寻，渴求，努力，词源同win,wonted.后用于指小孩摆脱母乳，开始习惯正常的饮食，从而引申词义断奶。

1. gradually deprive (infants) of mother's milk;

"she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"

2. detach the affections of

wean

wean: [OE] The etymological notion underlying wean is of ‘becoming accustomed’. The specialization to ‘making accustomed to food other than mother’s milk’ is a secondary development. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic *wanjan (source also of German gewöhnen ‘accustom’). This was derived from the adjective *wanaz ‘accustomed’, which in turn was formed from the base *wan-, *wen-, *wun-(source also of English winsome, wish, and wont ‘accustomed’ [OE]).
=> winsome, wish, wont

wean (v.)

"train (an infant or animal) to forego suckling," c. 1200, from Old English wenian "to accustom, habituate," from Proto-Germanic *wanjan (cognates: Old Norse venja, Dutch wennen, Old High German giwennan, German gewöhnen "to accustom"), from PIE *won-eyo-, from root *wen- (1) "to desire, strive for." The sense of "accustom a child to not suckling from the breast" in Old English generally was expressed by gewenian or awenian, which has a sense of "unaccustom" (compare German abgewöhnen, entwöhnen "to wean," literally "to unaccustom"). The modern word might be one of these with the prefix worn off, or it might be wenian in a specialized sense of "accustom to a new diet." Figurative extension to any pursuit or habit is from 1520s.

The doctor tried to wean her off sleeping pills.

医生设法使她逐渐停止服用安眠药片。

牛津词典

He was weaned on a diet of rigid discipline and duty.

他自幼受到严格纪律和职责的约束。

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The baby would be weaned and she would bring it home...

婴儿断奶后，她会把婴儿带回家。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

When would be the best time to start weaning my baby?...

什么时候开始给我的孩子断奶最好？

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He was mellowed by a wife who weaned him off violence and drink...

他妻子帮他戒除了动粗和嗜酒的恶习，使他变得成熟了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

You are given pills with small quantities of nicotine to wean you from cigarettes...

会给你一些含少量尼古丁的药片帮你戒除烟瘾。

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Another fun way wean your family is to conduct taste tests.

另一个使家人转变观念的方法是进行意向测试.

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The flavor of the milk also may change, which convinces some children to wean.

奶的味道改变也会说服一些宝宝自己离乳.

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When to wean is a personal decision.

至于什么时间给孩子断奶,因人而异.

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The boy is wean at six month because his mother have to go to work.

这小男孩六个月就断奶了,因为他妈妈要上班.

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Such enthusiasm reflects the hope that nuclear power can wean America off imported fossil fuels.

政府的热心反映出美国希望利用核电以戒除进口化石燃料.

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She tried to wean his husband from gambling.

她试图使丈夫不再赌搏.

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It can be extremely difficult to wean children off junk food.

让儿童改掉吃零食的习惯有时十分困难.

《简明英汉词典》

I have to wean myself from watching TV every night.

我得改掉每天晚上看电视的习惯.

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Tom was sent away to school to wean him from bad companions.

汤姆被送去上学,以使他和坏伙伴断绝来往.

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Often she tried, as gently wean him from this fanatic worship of the Muses.

她常常尽量委婉地劝他别这样狂热地崇拜缪斯女神.

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He was sent away to school to wean him from bad companions.

送他上学,以便与坏的伙伴断绝来往.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Part of you will still want that cigarette, so wean yourself off them gradually.

你还会有点想要香烟, 所以要让自己逐渐戒掉.

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Tess was trying to wean herself from the old life.

泰丝那时正努力使自己摆脱过去的生活.

辞典例句

You know him personally , you wean?

你的意思是你本人就认识他?

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The hospital managed to wean her off the drug.

医院已让她逐步减少依赖这种药.

《简明英汉词典》

The goal is to gradually wean the dieter off meat rather than demand an overnight change.

其目的在于逐渐脱离肉食,而不仅仅是戒掉在晚上吃东西的习惯.

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China is making some progress in its efforts to wean itself off dependence on the Russians.

中国正在努力发展,争取摆脱对俄罗斯的依赖.

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I know we need to wean you from Harvard in a figurative sense.

虽然我们会把你们比作已经从哈佛断奶的孩子们,但我从没想到会这么彻底.

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She tried to wean him away from football.

她要他以后不要再踢足球了.

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That may be why Japan has been unable to wean itself off government spending.

这也正就是日本无法戒掉政府以开支扶助经济的原因.

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She tried to wean him from playing football.

她试图让他不再踢足球.

辞典例句

The patch enables smokers to wean themselves off cigarettes very gradually.

这张贴片能使吸烟者很缓慢地把烟戒掉.

《简明英汉词典》

You are given pills with small quantities of nicotine to wean you from cigarettes.

会给你一些含少量尼古丁的药片帮你戒除烟瘾。

柯林斯例句

It's two years since I've seen Iain. I'm still trying to wean myself off him but it's hard.

我已有两年没见过伊恩了。我试图让自己不再去想他，可很难做到。

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