时髦英语口语词汇讲解第5期:Binge! 饮酒狂欢!

Going on 'a binge' has a long linguistic history.
going on a binge(狂饮作乐)的使用在语言学上的历史可长了。

It means 'a heavy drinking bout', and goes right back to the 1850s, both as a noun and as a verb - you didn't need the word 'drinking': 'binge' meant drinking in those days.
它的意思是‘狂饮’，这个意思还得回溯到19世纪50年代，binge可同时作为名词和动词——根本不用加drinking,binge在那个时候就是‘喝酒’的意思。

But, you see, in recent times, all sorts of other meanings have come along.
但是，大家都看到了，就最近今年，它的其它意思全都涌出来了。

In the 1970s, people referred to eating heavily as 'binge eating' - it was a disorder, an actual medical condition, you would see a doctor about it.
在20世纪70年代，人们把暴食称之为‘binge eating' ——这是一种（饮食上的）失调，是种病症，你得看医生。

And then, the wheel turned full circle. 'Binge drinking' - people who drink in order to get drunk, drinking large quantities quickly, and for fun.
但是，后来，它的意思突然180大转变，当binge与drinking放一块时，意思就变成了——人们狂饮滥饮作乐。

And so you get other uses then like, 'he's a binge drinker' or 'they're binge drinkers'.
大家因此还可以看到一些这样的用法，如，‘他是个酒徒’或者‘他们都是酒徒’。

And then, not just alcoholic drink, any kind of stuff you put into our body.
然后，意思又延伸到了酒精以外的任何我们吸收进身体的东西上。

Somebody was on a caffeine binge - too much coffee.
如，某人有咖啡因瘾——吸食太多的咖啡因；

A chocolate binge - too much chocolate.
巧克力迷——狂吃巧克力；

People now go on binge shopping sprees - binge shopping.
现在的人们还都成了购物癖——太喜欢买东西了；

And also, of course, you get it in the context of drugs - cocaine binge, crack binge.
当然，还有跟毒品连用的时候，如，咖啡因瘾君子；吸毒成性。

And the people who do these things?
那些有这些习性的人

They're bingers.
都会被称为bingers——有瘾的人。