有部电影《购物狂》,讲的是购物上瘾的人,看到自己心仪的物件就会欲罢不能,哪怕欠下巨额的信用卡债务也要买下。我们在英文里称之为shopaholic。那么我们今天讲的“话痨”就是talkaholic。
Talkaholic is a person who takes great pleasure in talking. A talkaholic has trouble keeping quiet and listening when other people are around.
Talkaholic指很喜欢讲话并且乐在其中的人,也就是我们所说的“话痨”。一般有别人在场的时候,话痨很难做到不发言听别人说话。
Similar words like workaholic and shopaholic are all ended with the same suffix -aholic, which means of an obsessive interest in something.
Workaholic(工作狂)和shopaholic(购物狂)这两个词与talkaholic一样都是以-aholic为后缀的,这个后缀表示对某事有极度的兴趣,或者对某事上瘾。
(许晓晨)